JOY AND THE PART OF FORTUNE

First published 1978

Samuel Weiser, Inc.

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New York, N.Y. 10003

Martin Schulman

Second printing 1979

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CONTENTS

1 Th e P a rt o f F o r t u n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part

Fortune and Karmic Reward .........15

Achieving the Part

Fortune

..............16

Part

Fortune: A Focal Determinator......18

Patterns and the Part

Fortune............19

The Part

Fortune and the Horizon ........

2 The Part of Fortune: A Point of Harmony.......26

3 The Part of Fortune in the Houses ..............31

4 The Part of Fortune in the Signs ............... 56

5 Aspects and the Part of Fortune ...............84

6 The Part of Fortune and Karma ................93

7 ' The Part of Fortune and Famous Horoscopes. . . 98

C o n c l u s i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 0
A l l e g o r y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 3

A p p e n d i x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 5

Chapter One

THE PART OF FORTUNE

One of the most intriguing aspects of Astrology, as

well as the most mystifying, is the Part of Fortune. While
minor definitions of this very special point in the
horoscope have been put forth, no work has yet been able
to clearly pinpoint the exact meaning of this most
important area in the natal chart.

* * *

As man experiences ups and downs, trials and

tribulations, he is sustained by a ray of hope which points
to the ultimate prosperity of his destiny. When the current
of life is going against him, he knows within that better
days lie ahead. During those better days, when he senses
more joy within himself, he may feel that his thoughts,
emotions, and activites are leading him closer to that goal
which is his Soul's sincere desire.

Beyond his momentary needs, every man has within

himself the structure of his aspirations. It is this
framework of ideals which teaches him the difference
between right and wrong. When a man steps out of this
framework, he loses his sense of right and wrong; staying
within makes it easy to understand that whatever leads to
the ideals is right and whatever diverts him is wrong. Thus
the concept of right and wrong for any individual is much
less a product of the morality of the society he lives in than it

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is the means through which he may recognize those
intangible ideals which he has defined for himself as his own
particular goal. Attaining these ideals would give him a
lifetime of joy. None of us are too old or jaded to believe in
fairy tales or the presence of God; hope for the ultimate
good or some distant dream just beyond the horizon of
one's imagination. It is this intangible sense of hope that
gives man not only his zest for life and his desire to achieve
beyond his present attainments, but also a powerful faith in
the optimistic outcome of his future destiny.

Each individual innately knows that somewhere

there is a "pot of gold" waiting at the end of his own
rainbow. To reach it, man is willing to go through the
storms of life from which he emerges as "captain of his
own ship." The trials and tests which he invites and
endures are only the waves on the seas which he travels
towards his own promised land. The mastering of an
obstacle in the path toward an idealistic goal brings one
closer to the shore.

The moments in life that a man feels fully settled

are comparitively few in relation to the time he spends
moving towards his goals. Sometimes one loses the
compass and goes astray. Yet at , all times, at the very
deepest levels, there is maintained the pure essence of the
ideal; that life's happiness is waiting, if one is willing to
bring in his own ship. For some this great joy may depend
on another person, or it may involve the securing of
money; or it might be some form of something quite
esoteric or spiritual enlightenment. For many people it
may be something quite simple—merely affording
themselves the time to just "be."

The ideals of joy are numerous and varied,

obviously. It is for this reason that each individual has
enough space and choices to personalize in his own unique
way that particular ideal which would bring the greatest
sense of joy and contentment.

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A poet has written, "no man is an island...".

Thus, the defining of one's greatest ideals is not an easy
process. Man must confront factors outside of himself, as
well as those within, before he can know the particular
blend of circumstances which will bring him to the sincere
desire of his Soul. The greatest obstacle that man meets
along this path is the maintainance of inner and outer
harmony. Outer harmony results from inner harmony.
Inner harmony allows one to know the goals and ideals
which will bring one happiness—"the pot of gold."

In astrological language, this pot of gold is known

as the Part of Fortune. It is through the expression of this
point that one feels most at home and senses his correct
niche in life. The Part of Fortune is also the point through
which one feels rooted in the center of their being.

The goals and ideals of a lifetime may sometimes

take a lifetime to reach. For those fortunate enough to
reach such a golden vibration early in life, there would
have to have been much struggle compressed into a
relatively short period of time. Thus, it is clear that the
Part of Fortune works better for an individual after
mid-life than it does during his youth.

Because of its peculiar nature and the promise of so

much good that it holds, the Part of Fortune represents
that place in the horoscope where, within himself, the
individual knows that he must not compromise his ideals.
He struggles not only with his own conflicts, but with
those of people around him in order to experience
inwardly and express outwardly the sheer beauty of what
he knows is possible.

The first factor one confronts along this path of

idealism is the understanding of one's Solar nature.
Through the Sun Sign one must learn who they are, what
they stand for, and establish a very positive identity
vibration which grows more in harmony with all one has
been given by life. A person must be willing to face the

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brightest parts within himself that are in fact so good as to
almost not be believed. A person must learn how to
energize this goodness until there are no longer doubts
about identifying with it. One must accept all that the
universe has meant for him as one of God's very special
children, while at the same time disciplining their lesser
parts which dissipate vitality and detract from the radiance
of their greatest potential. Through the Sun Sign one must
know who one is, not in terms of what others think or say,
but rather through how much of oneself can be known.
We face the formidable task of being both gentle and strict
with ourselves at the same time. Like a flowering plant we
must learn to point ourselves towards the Sun's rays while
keeping firmly rooted in that place which will become the
center of being. We must not deny our own strength, we
must recognize weaknesses, and allow strength to deal with
them. A person must learn to radiate all that he is so that
as there is growth, there is an ability to more purely reflect
the energy and beauty of their being.

Through the Moon Sign, man must confront a very

different part of his nature. Here one learns how to react
emotionally to all the stimulating forces of life. Through
much practice, one develops response patterns which
become the building blocks of attitudes. Man meets his
greatest tests dealing with the environmental circumstances
of life. Experiencing the seasons or changes that flow
within, one must manage to achieve and maintain a clear
and accurate reflection of self, not only through one's own
eyes, but through the feedback received from others.
The elevating of consciousness through the Moon position
is in fact a very difficult task. This does not mean that an
individual must practice emotional control, rather
one must achieve emotional harmony. These two are
very often not the same thing. To control one's
emotions in the light of unpleasant factors outside of
oneself is much like using an umbrella when it rains. One

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would rather not carry around a cumbersome umbrella, but at the same
time, having the choice between sunshine and rain, one would rather that
it not be raining. True emotional harmony comes from the recognition
that one cannot change the weather, but one certainly can change the
ways in which one adapts to it. The willow tree that bends in the storm
while its leaves blow with the changing winds, straightens up again when the
storm subsides, and sparkles again as one of nature's most magnificent
creations. At the same time, a brittle tree is always broken by the storm. The
tender branches and leaves of the willow are very much like man's emotional
nature as represented by the Moon. Although the branches and leaves bend
with every breeze we have a keen awareness that their survival and growth
depends upon their ability to maintain their attachment to the trunk of
the tree. Here the tree trunk may be likened to the Sun Sign, which is the
center of our purpose.

The Sun Sign represents the factors which are the essence of the

individual—a gift—which make the person uniquely himself. Through the
Moon Sign one learns how to adapt to the changing world. The
Moon is the storehouse of the habits learned for survival.
Man measures himself against the world he lives in and tries to maintain a
balance between the needs which will nourish his Sun Sign and those which
society allows one to fulfill at any given time. Through the Moon Sign one
considers the needs and opinions of other people, and through
meaningful response to them, sustains both himself and others. The
balance between the emotions, felt by the Moon, and the needs of the
Sun, and their integration, form a new sense of being which enable an
individual to experience a single, directed objective in life. The sense of
being opens the individual to an awareness of the essential ideals which
structure the direction and the objective.

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To consider the Sun and Moon alone as factors

which lead to a balance within the individual would mean
our ignoring a universal law: the law of the triad, or three. In
all of nature two of anything automatically causes an
imbalance. Witness the opposite ends of the see-saw, with
one end up and the other down. Positive/negative
situations always exist when two factors alone are
considered. Things appear to become right or wrong,
black or white, high or low, left or right, east or west, large
and small, dominant or submissive, and the list could go on
forever. It is only when the Law of Three is considered that
perfect harmony and balance are achieved. It is the apex at
the top of the pyramid through which all power is focused;
the fulcrum at the center of the see-saw at which the
opposing ends can be balanced. The concept of God in
much of the Western world is presented in the form of the
Trinity. Relationships between two people only work
smoothly in the presence of the divine higher power. The
two sides of a coin are meaningless without the third factor of
the essence of the meaning of money itself.

The Law of Three is present everywhere in

Astrology. Each sign of the Zodiac is divided into three
parts or decanates. There are thirty degrees to each sign—
three times ten. Each quadrant of the Zodiac contains
three signs which represent the seasons of the year. There
are three qualities for the elements: Cardinal, Fixed and
Mutable. The Grand Trine aspect, through which a
miraculous divine protection seems to shine and always
helps an individual land on his feet, is symbolized by three
points. The science of geometry, to which Astrology is
directly related, permitted man to construct the physical
triangle which is the strongest architectural form for a
building.

The Ascendant is the third factor which balances the

Sun and Moon signs. All planetary energies are experienced

and expressed through the Ascendant. It is

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here, particularly, that the pull between the Sun and the
Moon will be felt the strongest. Here one develops the
personality which allows one to deal comfortably with
needs and feelings. The difficulties experienced in dealing
with external circumstances generally force most people to
use the Ascendant to harmonize the Moon's energies at the
expense of those of the Sun. Thus, the personality
developed at the Ascendant is also used as a mediating
facade to temper all an individual feels and all he believes
others think he should feel. This focuses great attention on
the Moon, but actually says very little for the needs of the
Sun Sign.

When the personality, as symbolized by the

Ascendant, and the emotional or habitual self, as
symbolized by the Moon, are allowed to dominate the Sun
we are faced with a situation in which the base of a
pyramid is seen as more important than the apex. The base
exists to support the apex, and not the reverse. In the Bible
it is said: "And the builders rejected the capstone." The
essence was ignored and sacrificed for a lesser level of
being.

To readjust the balance, an individual must become

more aware of the power of his Sun Sign. The best way to
do this astrologically, is for one to re-draw the birth chart
with the Sun at the Ascendant or to place the Sun at that
position mentally. By making the Sun form a conjunction
with the Ascendant, the individual's personality attunes
itself to the needs of the Sun. Thus we are increasing the
importance of the Sun, and not allowing the personality to
act independently of it. Now both must function together
towards a common goal. Obviously, this changes the
emphasis of the Moon. If the Ascendant is now
functioning as a product of the Sun, and is no longer a
facade for the Moon, then it is the Moon which now must
cooperate with this new balance which represents the
individual's strength and potential. To continue with the

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analogy of the willow tree: if the tree trunk, the Sun, has
been transplanted to the Ascendant, then the leaves,, the
Moon and the emotional needs, must move also

and in

the

same measure. We can't cut our tree apart. For this to be
accomplished we move the Moon the same number of

degrees

in the same direction

the Sun

was

moved.

For

example: if the Sun were at 15 Aries, the Moon at 15
Capricorn and the Ascendant at 15 Cancer we would
imagine the Sun at the degree of the Ascendant and the
Moon 90 degrees behind it or at 15 Aries. The degree
relationship between the Sun and Moon is unchanged—it is
the same 90 degrees. However, the sign placement is
changed. One more example: the Sun at 12 Pisces, the
Moon at 6 Aquarius, the Ascendant at 25 Cancer. The Sun
and the Moon are 36 degrees apart. If the Sun is visualized
at the Ascendant, 25 Cancer, the Moon would be. 36 degrees
behind it or 19 Gemini. (The diagrams which follow should
make this process very clear.) The Moon's new position—
sign and degree—constitute the Part of Fortune. In our
examples, the first would place the Part in 15 Aries, the
second would place the Part in 19 Gemini.

The Part of Fortune symbolizes that place in the

horoscope through which the Sun, Moon, and Ascendant
are in the best harmonic relationship to each other and are
easily expressed to the greatest advantage for the
individual.

The Part of Fortune, like the planet Jupiter,

promises abundance. However, in a larger sense it
encompasses much more of an individual's being than any
particular planet. It attunes the individual to that
environment in which it is most natural for him to succeed,
and it defines for each individual where their own unique
and particular concept of success will be. It also shows the
strongest need in a person by defining that particular
keynote to which their entire being vibrates.

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In every individual there is an ego and an ego ideal.

The simplest way of defining the ego is to say it is what the
person thinks of himself. Whether his thoughts of himself
are correct or not, the way he perceives them becomes his
ego. At the same time, his ego ideal is made up of the
thoughts representing all he would like to be that he is not.
Thus, the ego ideal is always much more than the actual
ego in terms of one's dreams of fulfillment. As a result,
when a person looks at himself he sees his ego ideal, or all
that he would like to be, and his ego (the knowledge of all
he truly is) both at the same time. Often he sees a great gap
between these two. This gap motivates him to reach
beyond all that is within his current grasp.

The ego itself changes from day to day, moment to

moment, depending upon what an individual does, the
environment he finds himself in, and how successful he
views himself to be—in his own eyes and in the eyes of
others. The ego-ideal, however, is more of a fixed point in
an individual's mind, world, and destiny. It symbolizes
that part of himself which he believes would fulfill him—if
he could reach it. Thus, the ego-ideal represents something
that the individual is inwardly striving for, and its joyous
fulfillment can be attained by finding the harmony
promised by the Part of Fortune.

PART OF FORTUNE AND KARMIC REWARD

Since the Part of Fortune is dependent upon how an

individual uses his Sun, Moon, and Ascendant, the
benefits he will receive from it will depend upon how these
three factors are working in his horoscope. If these three
factors have been used negatively, then the Part of Fortune
may seem to be a Part of Misfortune. This occurs because
the individual has not made attempts at elevating the
consciousness represented by the Moon. It is easy to see
why this is so when one realizes that by moving the Sun to

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the ascendant it is the new placement of the Moon that
actually fixes the Part of Fortune in the horoscope.

If an individual has been using his Moon fluidly,

and as a dynamic, integral part of the horoscope, so tuning
the Soul with the rest of his being, then the part of Fortune
can be expected to work quite positively. On the other
hand, where an individual has been using his Moon as a
storehouse of negative memories, then it can be expected
that the Part of Fortune will not work positively. Even at
its worst the Moon represents growth, change, the
development of new habits, and the initiation of new
emotional attitudes which ultimately help to elevate one's
karma. Most astrologers would agree that it is the Moon
that tends to give people their greatest difficulties. It is
interesting to note, from a horary point of view, most
people make appointments for astrological readings on
days when the transiting Moon is passing through the exact
house in their horoscope which describes the reason why
they requested the reading in the first place. Thus it. can be
seen how important the role of the Moon is in the working
out of one's problems. It is through the working out of
such problems that the Part of Fortune becomes that
source of ideal inspiration—the proverbial pot of gold at
the end of one's rainbow.

ACHIEVING THE PART OF FORTUNE

On a very simplistic level the Part of Fortune may

be considered a lucky spot in one's horoscope, a source of
opportunity through which one may achieve his greatest
desires. Yet the idea of luck, opportunity, fulfillment, and
completion remains abstract unless the individual makes
concerted efforts towards his goal.

In the early part of this century many immigrants

came to America believing that the "streets were paved
with gold." Unfortunately, most were soon to learn that

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this was only a myth. There were a few, however, whose
individual efforts towards making this myth a reality
actually made it so in their own lives. The idea that every
individual has an equal chance, in God's eyes, of becoming
happy remains an idea except for those whose efforts make
this seemingly intangible concept the reality of their
existence. The vision of the spiritual movement in the
world today is indeed very beautiful. But the true
experience of it is available only to men and women who
are willing to confront and overcome the obstacles which
keep them from union with their Divine Self. In essence,
the Part of Fortune works in much the same way. It is
there for the taking, but it must be strived for. In this sense
one fact becomes very clear: there is always a Divine
Blessing hidden within the Part of Fortune. The question
of an individual's ability to receive this blessing depends
completely upon whether or not the life is focused on the
highest ideals. If not, then one is diverted by the
momentary distractions of things which seem more
pleasing and easily obtained. Naturally, the degree of this
blessing varies with each individual. If the expectations are
on a material plane, then the Part of Fortune will operate
materially; if the expectations are spiritual, then the Part
of Fortune will operate spiritually. Those who exert
control on every aspect of their life are, in essence, also
controlling their Part of Fortune. This tends to limit the
possibilities. When the individual is able to trust that all of
the factors and circumstances in his life are designed for
the ultimate good of his evolution, as well as that of the
world, then he is adding infinite possibilities to those
which the Part of Fortune may bring. With this outlook he
may well receive that which was beyond expectations.
Great preparations are required for such a bright ray to
enter one's life.

One's attitudes play a very large role in one's

outlook on life. These attitudes are in turn a part and a

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reflection of one's value systems. Values are developed
early in life through the influences of one's parents. We
can see this astrologically through the placement of the
Sun, which represents the father, and the Moon, which
signifies the mother. As a person grows, he begins to find
substitute figures for authority and gentleness. A sense of
security is _ stablished to balance these as well as other
factors which comprise the value systems. In other words,
as one grows, values change. They never truly leave the
framework of the Sun and Moon positions in the chart,
however. As this process of substitution finds higher levels of
values, internal harmony grows closer to the ideals which
are prompting evolution. The patterns change, and a new
identity emerges, expressed through the Ascendants..
Whether or not this new identity is close or distant from that
which was learned in youth is not important. What is
important is if it represents a distortion of the ideals or a
harmonious blend of the deepest goals. If we are true to
these goals, then the attitudes which develop from the value
system will lead us to the promise of the Part of Fortune.

THE PART OF FORTUNE: A FOCAL
DETERMINATOR

The Part of Fortune symbolizes the greatest reward

that can be received by any individual. It therefore
becomes a very important and sensitive point in the
horoscope. Because of this, the entire chart may be read
through it. One may see the ways in which the planetary
energies can be used to place the individual on the path of
greatest promise. When this is done, all of the obstacles,
conflicts, and tensions which appear in the chart may be
viewed as tools or meaningful stepping stones for the
achievement of that singular goal which will bring the
individual the greatest joy. The horoscope now takes on a
much larger perspective. Rather than focusing on any one

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particular problem or conflict, it directs the attention
towards that specific point in the chart where the person
can find the greatest expression and joy. As a result, a
person can learn how to use all of the planetary energies,
focusing them on the area of the Soul's greatest longing. As
a focal determinator, the Part of Fortune helps one look
beyond that which the lower or concrete mind perceives,
and creates the proper perspective for the opening up of
the higher or intuitive mind. This opening allows the
true ideals and goals to emerge, giving expression to
the essential nature of the Soul. The spiral is at once turning
inward and outward.

PATTERNS AND THE PART OF FORTUNE

In full moon birth charts the Part of Fortune

always falls in the Seventh House, regardless of which
houses are actually involved. The Sun/Moon opposition
always indicates some kind of conflict with the parents. An
individual usually begins the resolution of the conflict
after marriage and parenthood. In this instance, the Part of
Fortune in the Seventh House indicates the possible bliss
which can result after surmounting conflicts which would
have ruled one for nearly half of the life.

On another level, whether or not an individual

marries, the Sun/Moon opposition will ultimately bring a
very objective and clear-seeing state of consciousness. The
Seventh House Part of Fortune, balanced by Libra's
natural rulership, gives the individual the opportunity to
see life through the eyes of others, as well as his own.
Perception of life becomes an extension through the
perceptions of others. Ultimately a balance is achieved
between all of the possible ways of seeing, and a unity of
feeling and being is achieved which serves to make the
individual the focus of increased spiritual energy and
purpose.

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In horoscopes which show a conjunction of the Sun

and the Moon, the New Moon horoscope, the Part of
Fortune will always fall at the Ascendant. Depending on
the exactness of the conjunction, the Part can be within a
degree or two of the cusp, either in the First or the Twelfth
House. The New Moon Part of Fortune shows that the
individual will reach the greatest fulfillment understanding
himself and the world through his own eyes, rather than the
eyes of others. This is accomplished by learning to use the
Sun/Moon conjunction in the most positive of ways. By so
doing, one is able to develop a harmony in the personality
through which a joyous oneness of Self is expressed and
becomes firmly established. The outlook on life will be
highly subjective. Yet this individual may add a freshness
and vitality which comes from the union of the Sun and
the Moon. The past, as represented by the Moon, is
burned away by the heat and light of the Sun. Now all that
remains is a new beginning; an out-pouring of spirit
directed at the perfection of the personality as a vehicle for
the expression of the Soul.

When the Moon forms a Square aspect to the Sun,

the Part of Fortune will also form that aspect to the
Ascendant and fall either in the Tenth or Fourth
House—the Midheaven or the Nadir. These angular house
cusps are super-sensitive, come under the natural rulership
of Saturn and the Moon as they are governed by Capricorn
and Cancer, and signify, among many things, latent
potential and its manifestation. The Sun/Moon square
indicates tension between the parents. The individual feels
this and carries it with him through life. Thus, there is a
powerful need to find a resolution for this tension.
Establishing harmony with the thoughts of one of the
parents usually serves to bring about this resolution. Since
the Fourth House indicates the mother, and the Tenth the
father, the exact placement of this part clearly indicates
through which of the two parents the individual will work

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out this tension. There are instances, however, when a
parent may be seen in the opposite house. Close
examination of a chart will indicate which house may be
properly assigned to a particular parent. It will be this area
of life, and the ways in which the parental role is assumed
by the individual, which will bring the greatest fulfillment.

The Part of Fortune may be likened to the brass

ring on the merry-go-round of life. To reach for it, the
price of admission must be paid, and the individual must
be willing to go for the ride. If the aspect between the Sun
and the Moon is harmonious or inharmonious, there is still
much work to be done before one can experience great
benefit from the Part of Fortune.

In the case of the opposition, we must clear away

karma that has lingered for lifetimes. We must stop trying
to be the center of the universe and understand our very
tiny role in the grand plan. There must be a balance
between taking and giving, with the understanding that too
much of either is destructive to the goal of complete
objectivity. The individual stands with one foot in the past
and the other in the future. There is desire for action and a
desire to see others act. There is a desire to lead, and to be
led; a desire to evolve and to remain the same. There is a
need to acquire, and a need to release. It is no wonder that
the individual born at the full moon is constantly torn by
opposites. There is a feeling of living in two universes at the
same time and seeing both simultaneously. The Buddha
(along with other Masters and Enlightened Beings) is an
example of this Sun-Moon opposition and the ultimate
rewards of the Seventh House Part of Fortune. In many
ways this aspect represents the highest mountain, and as
such, the most difficult one to climb. But the view from
the top is breath-taking.

The New Moon birth might seem to be more

harmonious for the individual. However, one must
remember that the Moon represents one's reactions to the

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outer environment. It also represents what an individual
believes others think of him. Thus this particular
conjunction becomes extremely difficult because of the
great self-consciousness that the person must overcome.
This must be achieved before one can see themself clearly,
without subjectively seeing the outer environment as
directly or personally involved with that which is felt and
thought. In youth, this person identifies strongly with
everything and everybody. There is a belief that others are
noticing every "fault" noticed within. This results in a
tendency to over-react to environmental circumstances
which are in reality impersonal. This individual has the
most difficult task of confronting himself so as to develop
an identity which depends less on externals, and more on
what is projected from within. Parental harmony, which is
often signified by the Sun-Moon conjunction, may not be
as simple a factor as it seems on the surface. Moreover, the
oneness of ideas and attitudes might appear to bring
harmony, but it can actually be a hindrance to the
establishment of personal identity, depth, and fullness of
being. Thus even the subjectively oriented individual must
go through the process of growth and change. He needs to
become more centered in hopes for the future and new
ideas, rather than in those which were projected onto him
as a child.

In the Sun-Moon square we have quite a different

picture. The ambitious drive created through the square is
designed to ultimately gain the acceptance of the parent
represented by the house in which the Part of Fortune is
situated, or by the nearest cusp. Thus, a very powerful
inner drive compels the individual to achieve either to
compensate for inadequacies felt in youth (if the Part falls
in the Fourth House), or to overcome the feeling of being
under figures of authority (Tenth House). In either case
the striving is less a matter of trying to please oneself than it
is an attempt to prove oneself worthy of the acceptance of
those viewed as superiors. Yet, even with this

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motivation and outlook, the individual can achieve great
fulfillment. This can be done if one recognizes and feels
that limitations created by dominance may be overcome
through accomplishments, striving, and dedication to
ideals. This Sun-Moon square and the placement of the
Part of Fortune symbolizes the need to rise above either an
idea, a principle, an inherent weakness, or a dominant
personality which has prevented the individual from
reaching their potential. Only when the person actually
begins to reach that potential is he able to see glimpses of
all that the Part of Fortune promises.

The last major relationship between the Sun and the

Moon is the trine. This aspect between the lights indicates
internal, harmony of the principles they represent.
Wherever this aspect appears, the Part of Fortune will
always trine the Ascendent. In many cases the Part will
appear in the Leo-ruled Fifth House or the Sagittarius-
ruled Ninth House. These are respectively ruled by the Sun
and Jupiter which give the trine aspect its qualities: easy,
care-free flow, confidence—the belief that one is right
and "knows"—and luck. The trine always has these
qualities, even if not placed in the above mentioned houses or
signs.

The trine indicates the need to actively cultivate the

practical side of the fire nature, and by reflex with the
opposite signs, the practical side of the air signs. The
"active" part of this process is derived from Mars, ruler of
Aries, the initiatory cardinal fire sign.

The trine also represents the many circumstances

outside of the individual's control. The sign Leo, and the
Fifth House, holds rulership over the will. One must
develop the inner strength to deal with externals. If the
Part of Fortune is in the Fifth House, the will is generally in
accord with the principles of established society. If the Part
is in the Ninth House, the mind may be directed to ideals
and standards which, while not necessarily in conflict with
established principles, can nevertheless

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represent a level of aspiration not consciously considered
by the population as a whole. It is important to remember,
however, that Leo can be the Philosopher King and
Sagittarius the Benevolent Despot. There are no set rules
here. We are merely suggesting possible lines of approach,
and not saying that the Fifth House makes for the more
"conservative" or the Ninth House the more liberal or
advanced nature. In both cases the signs and houses are
naturally governed by "planets" which represent the
highest principles: light and truth. The trine symbolizes
these two factors working together unhindered. They are
given. If the individual successfully learns the lessons
which are presented by life, then the will and the
aspirations may be easily expressed through the ascendant.
This is the key-note of the trine—easy expression. The
Sun-Moon trine shows itself through the smooth
demonstration of the will and aspiration; a future willed in
harmony with the past lessons, and ideals growing out of a
harmonious past. Sometimes this expression is almost too
smooth, and the individual is tempted to let things slide,
and not take an active or purposeful role in his own life. It is
here that the importance of the first fire sign, Aries,
becomes evident: active, decisive, purposeful Martian
energy, balanced by considerate, intelligent, precise Libran
(Venusian) energy. The balance of the fire triad, as
symbolized by the trine aspect, gives the individual the
purpose, the will, and the aspirations which sustain life,
and ennoble the spirit.

THE PART OF FORTUNE AND THE HORIZON

The Part of Fortune acts differently when it

appears in the different hemispheres of the horoscope.

When the Part of Fortune appears below the

horizon, the gift of fulfillment that the person experiences
is in the giving. The greatest joy is achieved through all he

The Part of Fortune

gives to others. The more he is able to give, the more

fulfillment he is able to experience.

When the Part of Fortune appears in the upper

hemisphere, the individual is destined to receive some form
of blessing from others. Looking at this from a Karmic
point of view, his soul has unquestionably earned it from
lifetimes of prior service. The individual with future
rewards to be received is earning them now through his
Part of Fortune in the lower hemisphere. This clearly
shows whether a person is living out a sowing or a reaping
Karma in his present life. The individual with his Part of
Fortune in the lower hemisphere is sowing seeds of love
now, in order to receive the same in the future. There is no
greater joy than that which one experiences from acts of
giving. The individual who has his Part of Fortune in the
upper hemisphere is living out a reaping Karma from
which he is receiving the harvest of all he has planted in the
past, and to receive with humility and gratitude is to be
truly worthy of the gift.

Chapter Two

THE PART OF FORTUNE:
A POINT OF HARMONY

Studies of Sun Sign Astrology pay much attention

to the effect of opposing signs. It appears to have become
commonly accepted that when an individual experiences
difficulty in living out their own Sun Sign, there is a strong
tendency for them to express the most negative qualities of
the opposite sign.It is for this reason that Taureans, who
practically never lose their temper, are known for having
the most explosive tantrums in all of the Zodiac. These
very rare but powerful outbursts are not at all the
expression of Taurus, but rather the more negative
qualities of its polar opposite, Scorpio.

Cancerians, when hurt, are known to clam up, go

into a shell, hide behind a wall, and literally not speak to
whomever has hurt them for months at a time. This type of
behavior is not at all in harmony with the true warmth and
sincerity of Cancer, but is one of the negative expressions
of its polar opposite, Capricorn.

When one refuses the help and generous guidance

of an interested Leo it can almost be expected for the Leo
to say in return, "O.K., I tried my best, now do it
yourself." This apparently quitting attitude is never found
in the sign Leo itself. His primary objective is to be in
command at all times. However, seeing the futility of any
given situation the Aquarian aloofness takes over.

The Part of Fortune: A Point of Harmony

In like manner one can easily observe how each Sun

Sign will exhibit powerful characteristics of its opposite
sign. More often than not, these will be the most negative
characteristics of that sign because they usually show up as a
result of the resistance and frustration one meets trying to
be oneself. One might call this "grabbing at straws".

When we come to the Part of Fortune, however,

polar opposites must be considered in a different manner.
The Part of Fortune is always a point of harmony. In
order for it to work this way, the sign which is opposing it
must not be allowed to pull negatively in the opposite
direction. If this is allowed to happen, then the Part of
Fortune cannot work as a harmonic center in the
individual's chart. Instead it becomes a distortion based
upon a very strong pull between the sign it falls in and the
opposing sign. If the individual is willing to learn how to
express the most positive qualities of the opposite sign,
then he is removing the obstacles which would otherwise
hinder the Part of Fortune's highest expression.

Joy, luck, ease of function, and the concept of

harmony in general are not only products of the
convergence of positive forces. This would be only one
side of the coin. These are in fact an expression of the
absence of opposing forces. Thus, if an individual
experiences ten positive forces in his life at the same time
he experiences ten negative units—ten opposing units—the
total outcome will leave a numbed feeling of neutrality. As
soon as the balance is tipped, either by adding one positive
or removing one opposing force, the individual begins to
experience more joy. On the other hand, if the balance is
tipped in the other direction by removing one positive or
adding one opposing force, the individual begins to lose
his sense of joy. In order to understand how an individual
reaches his greatest happiness, the whole concept of joy
must be seen as what appears to be an uncentered point on a
spectrum of positive and negative forces. As uncentered

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as the complete positive experience of joy appears to be, it
is in fact the true center of our being.

The world seems to be filled with positive and

negative forces expressing themselves as desirable or
undesirable circumstances which each person must deal
with. It is important to realize here that we must all deal
with these forces from our true center of being. Given
man's present state of evolution (and consciousness), this
is never the same at any two moments, nor the same for
any two people. That is where the work to be done is—on
our being. We must at the same time work on our
knowledge. Thus, at the present time, it is for the Deity
alone to experience the balance, the neutrality, of the
millions of apparently opposing forces, both good and
bad, or positive and negative, desirable and undesirable.
On our human level, we are each a small part of the Divine
whole. The center of being of each of us, while seeming to
be far removed from that true center of universal being
which only God himself is able to view, is nevertheless able
to experience the Divine joy in a very unique way.

If each individual seeks his joy by using the Sun,

Moon and Ascendant in the most positive ways, while
trying not to offend, hurt or create negativity with the
people and circumstances represented by the sign and
house opposing his Part of Fortune, it becomes obvious
that in the eyes of God, the world experiences positive
evolution. If, on the other hand, each

individual

seeks joy

through the most positive harmonious use of. his Sun,
Moon and Ascendant but

fails

to yield to people,

circumstances and events symbolized by the

house

and sign

opposing his Part of Fortune, then

through

the eyes of

God, the world experiences chaos.

The Part of Fortune always has a divine quality

which is beyond the individual's personal efforts, beliefs
and sense of happiness. Therefore, it is important that in
an individual's search for what is best for him, he does not

The Part of Fortune: A Point of Harmony

violate what is ultimately best for the evolution of the
society in which he plays a part. For this reason, all of the
factors which oppose the blossoming of an individual's
Part of Fortune must be dealt with in the most positive
ways possible. The answer to all of this lies in one's ability
to be completely impersonal with all of those factors,
circumstances and events which are found in the house and
sign opposing the Part of Fortune. These factors are world
or universal factors which can easily distract one from the
specific path which will bring the greatest joy. One must
learn how to accept these factors and deal with them in the
ways which lead to world evolution so that one not only
cooperates with Divine Goodness, but at the same time
remains impersonal to all of those factors which seem to
oppose the personal sense of joy.

The individual confronts his impersonal self in the

house and sign opposite the Part of Fortune. This tends to
create a strong tendency to reform the attitudes and
behavior patterns of others. Here one begins to understand
the part of oneself which is not personal but which instead
reflects the role played in the master plan. If in this area
one expresses love, understanding, and wisdom, which are
God given, one is fulfilling an obligation to the Creator.
The better we are able to do this, the more we will be
allowed to experience the Part of Fortune. In this
approach there is a removal of all negative forces from the
personal self through the recognition and expression of
that part of us which was meant for God, the Impersonal
Self. The personal sense of joy, as found in the Part of
Fortune, and one's impersonal sense of joy as found in
expressing a more universal aspect of the self through the
opposite sign, can be in harmony with each other rather
than in conflict.

The exact degree and sign opposite the Part of

Fortune through which each of us experiences a part of the
universal reality, I call the Part of Impersonal

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Consciousness—the symbol

as indicated in the charts in

Chapter Seven. When an individual is fulfilling his Part of

Impersonal Consciousness, the supply and support

received from this area of the chart become supremely

abundant. It not only begins to remove obstacles which

would otherwise be in the way of the experiencing of the

great benefits of the Part of Fortune, but in fact gives the

correct sense of perspective through which one can feel

great personal joy. At the same time, it allows one to know

that one is an integral part of the cosmic whole.

Whether a man considers God as some, far

removed, nebulous deity, or the sum total of the
perceivable cosmic reality matters very little here. What
does matter is that an individual's personal sense of good
fortune and joy is impossible without their feeling the

cooperation of some higher power. Whether that higher

power is something infinite that one believes in, or the
source of a perfectly balanced universe, or simply that

which attunes one to the natural forces beyond personal

control, there is no question that in recognition and

cooperation with this force lies all potential for

experiencing great happiness, and the understanding of

how one's life is a flowing part of the river of all life.

Chapter Three

THE PART OF FORTUNE IN

THE HOUSES

IN THE FIRST HOUSE

Here the individual will receive his greatest benefits

from life after he has learned how to be purely subjective,
not only about himself, but in his outlook on the world in
general. The concept of subjective consciousness is
generally viewed in a negative manner when compared to
an objective perception of reality. However, for the
individual with the First House Part of Fortune, the ability
to look at himself and his world through his own eyes
exclusively, rather than the eyes of others, is what will
bring him his greatest achievements. The idea of
achievement in any area of life is based upon the ability to
focus energy in a single direction, without distraction. In
order to do this a highly subjective one-pointed outlook on
life must be developed. As the individual learns that all
comes from himself, he will be less dependent upon views
others have of him and his work.

When the Part of Fortune appears in the first

House, there is a strong likelihood that the Sun and Moon
are forming a conjunction in the horoscope. In cases where
this is so, it becomes obvious how important it is for the
individual to pull the power of both luminaries together so
that he may view himself as the center of his life,

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ultimately striving to become complete. The rest of the
world he contacts will then be in tune with his own goals
and ambitions. It is important for this person to direct his
life along a meaningful course. He will not receive much
help from others, unless he asks for it. Yet in his asking, he
weakens the benefits of this First House Part of Fortune by
depending less upon the power of the harmonious self he is
capable of developing. His greatest fortune comes when he
is exhibiting independence and self-sufficiency. Whatever
goals and ambitions he achieves in life, no matter how
great they seem, will ultimately be secondary to all he
comes to understand by discovering himself.

If the individual wins a lottery ticket, it will occur

when he is alone. If he receives a job promotion, it

will not

be based upon anybody else's efforts. If

he comes across a

lucky find in an antique shop, it will not be because
somebody told him that that was the place to go. He

will

find his own particular pot of gold providing he is

willing

to reach for it himself.

In striving for achievement, he will find that his

highly competitive nature works best when he tries to
exceed past successes, rather than compete with forces,
people or projects outside of himself. This only

scatters

focus and dissipates energies.

With this particular placement of the

Part of

Fortune, personal appearance becomes very important.
Thus, the better the person can learn to please others
through a harmonious appearance, a gentle, pliable
personality, and the willingness to not make waves

in other

people's lives, the more space others will give him.

Because the Part of Impersonal Consciousness (IC)

falls in the Seventh House, this person must

take an

impersonal and spiritual approach towards marriage and all
affairs in which there are dealings with other people. He will
know his highest truths when in the

company

of others.

People will act as the agents for the opening up

The Part of Fortune in the Houses

within. If this person is able to apply these realizations or
truths to themself, they will ultimately gain great mastery
o ve r the limite d e go . Und e rstanding a form o f
"selflessness" allows one to experience a freedom of a
higher order; one in which personal needs and the needs of
others loose the distinction of isolation. The limited ego is
made servant to the higher self, which is the same for all.
As this mastery increases one experiences the joy of real
self-fulfillment.

IN THE SECOND HOUSE

Here the individual will reach his pot of gold by

first discovering what is of true value to him. He must
build firm foundations so that as the years go by he
becomes more and more sure of where he stands.
Unaltered by the winds of change, he seeks to build
substance for himself and others that will ultimately give a
richer meaning to existence.

Money and the things it can buy are of extreme

importance to him, but only insofar as how his possessions
reflect his true values. By learning what is of use and what is
not, he ultimately comes to understand that there is no
harm in the possession of useful things. The harm is in the
attachment to things which are no longer useful.

This person can be extremely lucky with money in

endeavors which reflect his sincere values. At the same
time he will experience just the opposite effect when he
tries to attain or possess anything which does not reflect
his highest values.

The impersonal part of himself, as symbolized by

the Part of Impersonal Consciousness (IC) falling in the
Eighth House, experiences the values of others. He tends to
absorb these values to the extent where he must learn how
to discriminate between his own values and those of others.

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The greatest weakness of this placement comes

from allowing oneself to be swayed by the absorption (or
reflection) of the sexual values of others. The greatest

happiness will come from achieving an inner steadiness
which is unaltered by the deviations of associates, as

well

as the society. The richness which is constantly sought will
ultimately come in the form of a principle through which

one will have learned to guide one's own life. As strong as
this principle will be, other people must be allowed to find
their own rules. Because one has sought the central
principle of personal existence for so long, the finding

alone makes one want to give it to others. There will be
attempts to do this, but it must be learned that in instances
where a listener does not listen, the speaker often becomes
weakened and loses his own frame of reference.

What is

correct for one

might

be so for

the whole

world, but it

vital to remember that by trying to give to those who

are

unable to accept,

there

is a

chance

losing sight

the goal.

Through the Eighth House Part of Impersonal

Consciousness this person must learn to view the world's

values in a detached manner. One does not have to agree
with all that one sees. One must accept the validity

beliefs and opinions that run contrary to one's own,
understanding they do not, in fact, threaten the security

found in one's own beliefs. The world may be allowed to
continue on its course.

When this outlook is achieved, we find that

all

the hypocrisy in the world has little effect on

personal

happiness. Duality is relative. It is important for

us to

see

so-called duality so that it may be resolved. At that point

we may ultimately understand the difference between what is
and is not personally meaningful.

It is interesting to note that while the Second House

Part of Fortune involves the building of substance, the
Eighth House IC involves the destruction of the false

The Part of Fortune in the Houses

aspects of that substance. These substances may be
physical or mental. The IC in this house will show values
which add little to the building of the substance of
personal happiness. This person will notice the reluctance
of friends and acquaintances to change, and as a result
experiences many clashes with people. There will be loss of
friendships because of fundamental differences in values.
Still, in this loss, one is expressing an important part of the
Divine nature. This person's powerful example is able to
teach the importance of standing by meaningful principles.
When one is able to become truly impersonal in relation
to Eighth House experiences, these clashes are minimized.
They no longer interfere with the building of personal
happiness through the Second House Part of Fortune.
Thus, this placement of the IC shows which building
blocks fit our own structure, and which fit the structures
of others. There develops an ability to see what is
personally meaningful and necessary.

IN THE THIRD HOUSE

Here the joys of communication through relation-

ships will bring the greatest fulfillment. This person seeks
to be understood by others with great earnestness.
Language and the use of words are very important to him,
and he tries to understand how others think and see things
so as to develop a greater perspective in his own thinking.
The more clearly he is able to see the relationships between
people and things in his life, the better he develops his
ability to think. This person's ability to think clearly is
what will ultimately bring the greatest fortune. There is a
constant quest to refine the perceptions and great joy in
teaching others how to do the same. This person loves to
share ideas—it gives a sense of growth and security. Here
the security is based on thought rather than on material
things.

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The Ninth House Part of Impersonal Conscious-

ness creates a unique experience in terms of

the

individual's consciousness. Here there is an impersonal
expression of Divine, cosmic ideas

through

the higher

mind. Yet great joy in life comes from a man's ideas as
expressed through the lower, or concrete mind. Until one
realizes the difference and

relation between

the

very

personal

lower mind, and the

impersonal higher mind,

there is

an experience of conflict.

There

is no

question but

that this person sees a higher

consciousness as more desirable. However, he is as yet
unable to live in it. He is a

born teacher

ideas and

ideals

which

are just

beyond ordinary comprehension.

Thus he

must come to learn the difference between the presence of
ideals as

guideposts

for

humanity, and

the reality in which

they must be

lived.

These

higher ideals

are

constantly thrust

upon

him.

If he can

their wisdom and

apply

it in

his

own life,

then

all of his relationships (which are based on

his ability to communicate) will be improved. Then great
joy will be experienced just being with people. This
occurs because he has something important to say. He
must learn not to be judgmental, for the ideals he feels
through the Ninth House IC are often as difficult for others
to implement as they are for him. Thus, while it is
important for him to present his ideas to the world, it is
equally important for his own sense of happiness not
to force these ideas on those who may be unwilling to
accept them. Impatient by nature, he must learn to wait for
that special moment which makes real teaching possible.
An idea expressed in a unique way, so that it lights the
torch of understanding in another, gives him the happiness
of knowing he is useful. He learns to understand that
society needs his ideas, and the better he can express
Divine ideas in a purely impersonal way, the more
acceptance he will earn.

Having absorbed many different thoughts on

religion, philosophy and attitudes about life through the

The Part of Fortune in the Houses

Ninth House IC, he is happiest when he sees the highest
truths surpass the mental barriers which keep people
separated. Many people with the Third House Part of
Fortune tend to study different religious, ethnic and
spiritual subjects. As a result, their personal relationships
are unhampered by a one-sided outlook. One of the
prerequisites of understanding is fairness which comes
from an ability to see all facets of a situation. Thus,
through the ability to bring higher understanding into all
human relationships, the individual with the Third House
Part of Fortune can experience great happiness through
everyone he meets.

IN THE FOURTH HOUSE

Here the individual will reach his greatest joy

through nourishing the beginnings of life. It may be
human life, plants, pets, the birth of ideas, or the
beginnings of projects that need special care to develop.
Here there is a great sense of fulfillment in giving. The
sense of completeness which the Part of Fortune offers
comes from feeling how much one is needed. In doing all
of these things, the individual is seeking to establish his
roots. There is a yearning to build an emotional foundation
which will be strong enough to support future growth.

Through the Tenth House Part of Impersonal

Consciousness, one must learn that things take time to
mature. There is a very strong tendency to want to reap the
harvest before the seeds have even been planted. Thus the
person must understand that man sets goals so that his life
has an enriched purpose and direction. One must not allow
the projection of each goal's end to fill one with the
illusion that something has indeed been accomplished.
Thus, the great feelings of accomplishment that will
accompany the meeting of each goal, while imagined with
the goal itself, must be realistically seen as not attainable
until the seeds have been sown. For the person with the

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Fourth House Part of Fortune, the great joy is not so
much in the final achievement, as it is in making the firm
beginning steps of each journey.

I n orde r to vie w his Te nth House Part of

Impersonal Consciousness in the right perspective, this
person must recognize and understand the need for an
established order in the world. He must be able to see the
structure of the society he lives in, but not let its size and
crystallized nature intimidate his feelings about the very
important, yet seemingly insignificant beginnings that he
makes. It is from his beginnings that all structure r will
eventually develop. Thus, he is to see the structure, the
strength, and the power of the established society as that
which gives the world its form. He must not identify with
this form, for if he does, he will lose his own sense of
purpose.

For this person, the pot of gold is actually at the

beginning of the rainbow. The farmer does not know
which of the seeds planted will grow. Yet he cares for each
of them equally. Caring is in his nature. With this
attention the seeds sprout and grow roots. It is here that
this individual finds his greatest joy. That which he is
personally capable of tending and nourishing will give him a
sense of oneness with the source of creation.

In expressing the Tenth House Part of Impersonal

Consciousness, he must confront and deal with all aspects
of the material world—and well he knows them. '

It is

important that he accept this, for these factors exert great
influence on the final outcome of all he begins, and in an
impersonal sense symbolize the completion of all
beginnings in the world. It is here that he sees man's
responsibility to man. If he is able to meet his
responsibilities impersonally, he will never lose his sense of
security.

This person receives great joy from being natural,

while not offending or being offended by the seemingly

The Part of Fortune in the Houses

plastic world. Here one must be tender and pliable, while
not disturbing that which is brittle and insensitive. Highly
attuned to the land and nature's ways, this person tries to
teach others about ecology and the preservation of the
sources of things. The closer he stays to the root of
existence, the more happiness he feels. Great joy comes,
too, from a sense of naturalness. Yet he must learn to
accept that which appears artificial.

For some this placement means great fulfillment

through a parent or staying close to one's heritage or
ancestry. For others it means the safety, security and
fulfillment of being in touch with the very roots of their
soul. On whatever level the individual chooses to seek his
Part of Fortune, he will realize his greatest joy when he
does not allow the world's ego, which he feels through the
Tenth House IC, to interfere with the real essence of
himself that feels, flows, breathes and grows as nature's
child.

IN THE FIFTH HOUSE

Here the individual feels his greatest joy when

engaged in an act of creation. Whether this is expressed as
a particular talent, or merely a way of playing at life, he is
able to identify personally with all that he creates. Thus,
not only is all he does a product of himself, but he in turn
becomes the product of all he does. He has the great ability
to put his dreams into reality. The reality he lives in is very
much of his own making.

The Eleventh House Part of Impersonal Con-

sciousness envisions the ideal reality. It is from this ideal
that one must create. Thus, if the ideals are too low, overly
scattered by the influence of friends whose ideals are
uninspired, then the ability to create is lessened. If on the
other hand, the circle of friends enlivens the hopes,
dreams, and wishes and pushes them slightly beyond his

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grasp—but still within the realm of imagination then the
creative Fifth House Part of Fortune is enhanced. In
order for this person to reach his greatest happiness he
must not only be discriminating with the people he chooses
for friends—they have the power to be the inspiration or
destruction of joy—but he must also be selective in the
dreams he chooses to dream. There is an old saying: "be
careful of what you wish for, you might get it." No truer
words have ever been spoken for the individual with the
Fifth House Part of Fortune. Until this person learns to
take all of his friendships impersonally, and see his dreams
as merely a collection of symbols from the universal
unconscious, he experiences excessive Eleventh House
influence in his creative process. This can scatter his
abilities by making him believe more in the dream than in
the actual accomplishment. As this person seeks total
expression, he must learn that time is a valuable asset.
Although he may wish the luxury of daydreams, he must
realize that they water down his creative drive.

—

The Eleventh House Part of Impersonal Con-

sciousness may be used to receive new ideas, but they must
not be identified with unless they specifically fit into
creative output. It is important to remember that all
creation is one percent inspiration and ninty-nine percent
perspiration. There is a great difference between knowing
that one can do something, and actually doing it.

If the Eleventh House IC is used properly, great

beauty can be experienced, for it is here that one sees
Man's aspiring dreams. Remaining impersonal, one
becomes part of the dream process in the universal
consciousness. Here also there can be an idealism in
friendships which does not appear to be founded on any
reality, yet acts as a great well-spring of creation. Friends
admire this person and from this admiration one may draw
great inspiration to create through the Fifth House Part of
Fortune.

The Part of Fortune in the Houses

There is usually great wisdom in the Eleventh

House IC, but the gift is not just to be used for gab. The
more one talks about all he intends to create, the less will
and energy one has at their disposal. This person
understands the need for dreamers in the world. In fact, he
encourages them. He knows it is the dreamers that are the
invisible source of the creation. There is also an
understanding of the concept of non-involvement and
detachment. Yet this person's greatest joy and happiness
comes from being deeply and intensely involved in all he is
able to create.

Many people with this placement will experience

their greatest joy through one shining creation, either in the
arts, drama, or through a very special child. At all times
this individual serves humanity by absorbing the dreams
which people do not know how to use, sifting through
them, and applying what has been learned to his personal
creation. He will find that many people do not seem to
have the will to do what they imagine. If he tries to infuse
them with his own will, feeling that they should be more
involved, he creates opposition to himself.

There is a great spectrum of experience in the

universal consciousness. For the creative person there is
no greater joy than an active life of doing, being and
becoming. Through the process of imitation one feels
closer to the Creator. Yet this individual can also
understand his real detachment from events and
circumstances, again mirroring the Creator. This is the
special joy given by the Part of Fortune in the Fifth House.

IN THE SIXTH HOUSE

This placement gives much happiness through

work. The person fulfills himself through careful use of his
time and energy. He sees how others slip backwards into
their past by mulling over situations which have already

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been resolved, and is able to keep himself above the
muddle of negative emotion by a highly active nature
which is always serving and accomplishing. He knows how
to stay in the present moment. This is done by attending to
the details which most people ignore or neglect, thinking
that somehow they will go away. He does not allow things
to pile up to the point where they interfere with the
experience of joy. Through the systematizing of his life, he
feels a great sense of fulfillment. He seeks to organize his
life so that it runs like a well-oiled machine. The more he
does this, the more he feels that he is participating in the
central arena of existence.

Through the Twelfth House Part of Impersonal

Consciousness this person experiences Man's inner needs.
There is a sensitivity to the forces of the creation, but it is
important to learn how to work with these forces rather
than remaining a strictly passive observer. There is also a
feeling of obligation to society, for through the Twelfth
House one can be a deeply compassionate being. Still, one
must do something with this compassion, otherwise it
turns to sorrow.

Here, activity is the keyword to happiness.

Knowing the infinite, one must function in the finite
world where skills can be best applied. Of all zodiacal
placements, the person with the Part of Fortune here
knows best how to do things. Through a great
understanding of how things work, along with an ability to
see the infinite whole through the Twelfth House, there is a
powerful potential for correct action.

This person is happiest when that which he chooses

to do brings the fulfillment of a personal need to another.
For some, the concept of service and work means a
mundane, boring existence. The person with a Sixth House
Part of Fortune, however, is best attuned to center of his
being when he knows how well he is functioning in terms of

his potential. This brings great joy.

The Part of Fortune in the Houses

The Part of Fortune in the Sixth House has a

tendency to make a person spend their youth brooding in
the Twelfth House. Then there is the realization that all
that is felt there is not really personal, but merely an ability
to experience and mirror negativity as well as that which is
positive, universal and infinite. Here one functions best
when one does not think about the greater cosmic reality
beyond that which can be perceived with the five senses. It is
during these times that this person is most in tune with the
universe. If he spends his time trying to be in tune with
cosmic forces he will achieve the exact opposite. On the
other hand if the life is devoted to improvement of natural
abilities, then the universe begins to cooperate and there is a
great unfolding of joy.

IN THE SEVENTH HOUSE

Here the . individual's greatest joy comes through

others. This is one of the most spiritual and unique
placements for the Part of Fortune because the Part of
Impersonal Consciousness falls in the first house of self-
identity. The individual is living an impersonal
identity which only becomes personal when he is in the
presence of others. He is constantly seeking union whether
through marriage, friendship, or companionship. These
and other forms of relationship bring him closer to
experiencing the personal identity of another. He always
sees more joy in others than he is capable of seeing in
himself. As a result, he has a great tendency to make
others more aware of their own personal happiness.

In many ways he is a servant, for he expresses God

through all of himself. Thus, he is truly living an
impersonal identity, for everything he desires is for the
sake of others. He is able to sense people's needs and
motivate them to fulfill themselves. He is given joy by their
growth.

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Since his own identity is not on a purely personal

level, he has the ability to look at the world objectively. He
studies action and reaction, cause and effect, and is deeply
concerned with how people relate to each other. One day,
therefore, he will know how to blend those factors

which

God has intended for man to be the experience of a perfect
union. He will sacrifice much of himself to achieve

this

union, and when it is accomplished, he will know that the
love he receives is much richer and deeper than that
experienced by most people.

On an unconscious level he cares for others more

than they care for themselves. He tries to fill the gaps in
other people's lives, often trying to smooth and soften
their traumas and troubles. He has difficulty knowing
what he really wants for himself, however, and the course
on which he will eventually steer his ship

will be shown to

him through other people.

During youth, this person is too easily influenced by

external forces to actually know where he is headed.

soon as he is able to find, understand and accept

his

impersonal self, a union is formed on the inner planes
which becomes the most important and gratifying factor in
his life, bringing the greatest joy.

Since luck and good fortune will always

come

through people in this person's life, this individual is one of
the few who is sincerely happiest when all he does and
thinks is devoted to pleasing the person he loves. This is
the soul's sincere desire, and it takes precedence over all
other desires that the balance of the chart may indicate.

The absence of a personal union with another

person causes disharmony and a sense ' of a lack of
purpose, direction and meaning in life. By giving he
receives his greatest joy; by seeking to receive, he becomes
more aware of his incompleteness. This comes from
identification with the personal self.

The Part of Fortune in the Houses

IN THE EIGHTH HOUSE

This individual will reach his greatest joy through

what is bestowed upon him by others. Here value systems
which are seemingly beyond the personal framework
ultimately show themselves as the best. This person is
continually shown "another way." Each time there is an
opening up to try another way, there are new, personal
discoveries. This person examines the values of others,
desiring to know what it is that other people treasure so
much. The more he can discover and apply these external
values to his personal life, the richer his experience
becomes. His own values, particularly those which seemed to
have outlived their usefulness, can be re-examined and
given new life and meaning in the light of these external
stimuli. This person now learns the great virtue of
flexibility.

In order not to hamper this growth, the Second

House Part of Impersonal Consciousness must be allowed
to show that all of the values believed to be personal are not
one's own. Instead, they are an impersonal expression of
the desire nature to acquire and possess. The Second/
Eighth House polarity is a powerful tug of war between
that which one must hold onto, and that which must be
released. The dearest possessions for this individual should
be values which are real and everlasting. That which has
outlived its usefulness and meaning must be released. This is
not an easy lesson to learn.

Through the Eighth House Part of Fortune people

in this person's life show him all of the things which weigh
him down as well as the values which transcend the
temporary qualities of momentary desires. All that is of no
value will be destroyed by those who love him, leaving
room for the Second House Part of Impersonal
Consciousness to express the real values and possessions
which the Divine nature has intended for man.

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Perhaps more than with any other zodiacal

position, this individual must surrender much of his ego in
order for his Eighth House Part of Fortune to work to his
best advantage. He is seeking a personal legacy. Whether it
comes in the form of money, ideas, new values,
enrichment of sexuality or the conscious fulfillment of the
essence of his being, he must come to understand that he
is not an island unto himself.

Because his greatest personal fortune will always

come through another person, he must learn humility and
know that the values he chooses to express may ultimately
be less valuable than those given to him by others. For this
reason he should not be possessive of his own values.
Rather, he should allow himself to be open to a flow of
value systems and ideas which may seem foreign to his
principles, but which in fact give him the joy of
regenerating his soul.

IN THE NINTH HOUSE

The Part of Fortune in the Ninth House allows an

individual to experience his greatest joy through the
discovery of truth. This person seeks a cosmic reality
above the mundane existence experienced in routine
relationships.

The Third House Part of Impersonal Consciousness

shows the world to be seemingly full of people speaking to
each other, without being understood by those who appear
to listen. Here the connotative meanings of words are seen
as barriers and distortions of the truth. One must learn to
view this impersonally and in a very detached manner so
as to understand that the idea of duality is the nature of the
human experience. Once this is comprehended, real
communication is possible.

This person will often see or hear himself expressing

thoughts he knows are not completely true. One must learn

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to accept this as the expression of part of that which is
absorbed through the human experience of apparent
duality. If one wishes the Ninth House Part of Fortune to
work well, there must be an understanding that truth can
be known from an awareness of untruth. The more duality
that is experienced and expressed, the greater the need for a
higher truth to resolve the duality into unity.

Placement of the Part of Fortune in the Ninth

House creates a strong identification with the Deity, or

some personal representation of that Deity. Individuals

with this placement will also experience greater awareness

and universal truth alone, and in tune with the forces of

nature. The world does not allow this too often, and this
person is generally forced to communicate and relate on

levels which fall somewhat below those experienced in

ideal conditions. Recognition and acceptance of the more

mundane levels of consciousness, as well as a balanced
detachment, will maintain the joy and fulfill the need to

communicate through the Third House IC. Thus, without

looking down on others, this person should not lower his

own standards for the sake of reaching another who seems

to be less aware. Indeed, the other person usually is as

aware as he is, but may not be as adept at the subtleties of

non-dual thought. In any event, it is always best to

maintain the highest standards. This generally benefits all

those concerned and raises the level of thought and being.

Wisdom loses much of its inherent beauty in an

attempt to transfer it from the higher to the lower,

concrete mind. The mountain stands and the valley cannot

help but see it. Should the mountain reach down to the

valley, it is no longer a mountain. Thus the individual with

the Ninth House Part of Fortune, seeking the joys of

nature and the experience of cosmic reality, must learn to

live and function in an everyday world of ideas and

thoughts which seem to be of lesser importance. He must

not only tolerate these ideas, but understand how

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necessary they are, as the valley is necessary. The valley is
the ground upon which the mountain stands. Thus, the
nature of relativity enters into the consciousness, and the
untruth of duality is made clear. Independence, balanced
by understanding is the key to joy for this individual.
Great happiness will come from his powerful sense of his
relationship with the universe.

There is a great deal of inherent luck in this

placement, and most of it will come from resources that
the individual discovers on his own. While finding it
difficult to understand why people plod through life the
hard way, he must nevertheless let them. For if he stops to
correct the ideas and attitudes of others, he can easily get
bogged down and deprive himself of the joy that is waiting
for him along his unique path.

There is no question but that he has much to teach

others, and he will never stop trying to teach. It is not until
he becomes indifferent as to how his teachings are received
that he actually begins to sense the height and breadth of his
knowledge, his true function and the real worth of people.
It is at this point that he begins to catch a vision of the pot

of gold at the end of his rainbow.

IN THE TENTH HOUSE

An individual with this placement will reach his

greatest joy by accomplishing the specific, traditional
goals which he has selected and defined for himself. Here
there is a desire for acceptance by the community and
those who are in positions of authority.

Benefits of the Tenth House Part of Fortune never

come easily, but must be earned through sustained effort.
As the person develops real maturity—not just added years
to his life—the world is seen without illusions and with

great understanding.-This grows out of the Fourth House

The Part of Fortune in the Houses

Part of Impersonal Consciousness which feels compassion
for the emotions and needs which motivate humanity,
while at the same time avoiding the trap of identification
with them.

There are negative aspects of the Part of

Impersonal Consciousness which must be understood and
transmuted: childish emotions, ingrained, repetitive
reaction patterns, and accute sensitivity. Yet these have
very positive counterparts in simple, open, joyous
acceptance, reliability and the ability to meet specific
needs, and awareness of the feelings of other people. With
this in mind it is possible to operate in the Tenth House
and avoid such things as programmed reactions to
apparently similar situations and problems. Instead one
becomes open to intuitive actions based on insight and
impersonal awareness. The emotional plane becomes the
key to the material world. Projects or ideas may thus be
nurtured and brought to completion through the Tenth
House.

Placement of the Part of Fortune in the Tenth

House can draw positions of trust and authority to an
individual. It is interesting to note that responsibility and
authority reflect one's ability to care for and guide other
people. This is a positive benefit of the Fourth House Part of
Impersonal Consciousness and an example of how our
goals and needs are directly connected to those of people
around us.

The Part of Fortune here may cause many

individuals to seek to resolve the problem of "right" and
"wrong." There is usually a strong sense of morality based
either on early childhood discipline or religious
instruction. This tends to restrict the individual's sphere of
action considerably. In a positive sense, however, there is a
strong correctness of character which respects the rights of
people and recognizes personal obligations and responsi-
bility.

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When this person understands that right and wrong

are not absolutes, but vary with time, place and historical
epoch, a greater scope is added to t heir area of
activity—both in the mind and in the physical world. As
long as personal integrity and a sense of true justice are not
sacrificed, it is not possible for this person to be looked
upon as a failure.

Finally, we must remember that the defining of

one's goals dictates the right and wrong of any situation.
As has been noted, whatever brings one close to the goal is
right. What remains to be seen, then, is that the goal must
be one which fits the true nature of the individual.

This person's feeling of the joy of knowing they are a

capable human being is a great strength which creates an
aura of confidence and self-respect. They become a bacon
for those who are still searching and developing; an
example worth using as a guide.

IN THE ELEVENTH HOUSE

The Eleventh House has been associated with

inspiration by many astrologers, perhaps because it is
ruled by Uranus, the planet of sudden, almost blinding
insight. The Part of Fortune placed here will have the
corresponding Part of Impersonal Consciousness in the
Fifth House, which is ruled by the Sun. This axis,
Sun/Uranus, is creative, inventive, and far-reaching in
effect and influence. The Part of Fortune in the Eleventh
House thus becomes associated with visions of the beauty
and development of humanity and creation. This is a
truly unique placement, indeed, for this individual is
aware of the evolution of man and feels he "knows for
certain" the ultimate goal. This person is also highly
independent because this awareness frees him from the
everyday problems and struggles of humanity and lifts him

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into the "ever-present future." That is to say, the future
which exists "right now,"* if we all could only see it. This
outlook is not easily accepted or understood by many

people, however.

The Fifth House Part of Impersonal Consciousness

provides unlimited energy which, if undirected, can cause
great unrest. There is a constant feeling that one must "do
something," or create. This, however, is nothing more
than an intensified experience of the creative power given
to man as an agent of the creation. If one does not identify
with it as "my need" to create, then one may find an outlet
in almost any action, project, or relationship. The
tendency to be rooted out here is the idea that it is our
energy. It is just energy. Channeled impersonally, it is of
use to all; hoarded or used in a Scrooge-like manner, it will
find only obstruction and limitation.

The Fifth House IC provides the will and strength

to enliven and organize people or ideas, and see the
common need or goal which is of general benefit. Thus,
the person with the Part of Fortune in the Eleventh House
becomes the channel for energies which are to be applied in a
clear, unbiased manner. In this way large or central
projects may be carried out in an atmosphere of mutual
trust and assistance.

The Eleventh House draws people of like mind

together. Thus, this placement will bring one into contact
with bright, intelligent and somewhat unusual (by
society's standards) people.

This person will find good fortune through friends

who bring joy into his life and brighten the outlook and
imagination with inspired optimism and ideas. He will also
tend to enjoy dreaming about the future of mankind,
seeing himself as both the catalyst and the product of that
future.

* See "Karmic Astrology IV - The Karma of

the Now"

by Martin Schulman, published by

Samuel Weiser, Inc., New York, 1978.

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The world has need of visionaries and dreamers.

Great religions were founded on the inspired visions, of
singular individuals. Important inventions came from the
same kind of vision. The entire evolution of humanity has
been built upon these types of vision and dream. This is the
type of beauty that the individual with an Eleventh House
Part of Fortune can experience. He does not feel boxed in
by the restrictions of society. He can explore the
possibilities as yet unthought of, by the world and
understand their impact on society and

evolution. He is

free to question the structures and

traditions ,which have

been blindly accepted by people too

caught up in their own

lives to have the time to look, see and

know what is there.

Eccentricity is a judgmental term applied by rigid

individuals to people who have found a different way. The
person with an Eleventh House

Part

of Fortune will be seen

as unorthodox, radical, eccentric

or,

perhaps a little

"strange".

The "pot of gold" for

this

placement of

the

part of

Fortune is a sense of wonder

and beauty, and the

enjoyment which comes from them. The knowledge of
man's true place is a fact of life; the responsibility that of
making it manifest. The person

with the. Part of ,Fortune in

the Eleventh House willingly and joyfully becomes the
channel for truth and evolution for all of mankind and the
planet on which he lives.

IN THE TWELFTH HOUSE

The Twelfth House Part of Fortune indicates that a

person will achieve their greatest happiness and joy
through attunement with their

inner

Self.. In this way one

satisfies the desire to understand the. u forces which
move the universe. Our inner Self is in

fact

the same as the

One Self which is the All of Creation.. Out of this one
reality, all individual realities proceed; The Twelfth House

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Part of Fortune gives an individual the opportunity of
discovering the unity of these apparently separate realities,
and the truth of existence of a Single Reality.

The Sixth House Part of Impersonal Consciousness

gives one the opportunity of functioning in the "everyday
world", with its apparent finite limitations, while at the
same time realizing the overall unity of circumstances and
events through the Twelfth House Part of Fortune. There
is a need for one to see past these so-called limitations and
avoid becoming identified with actions, roles, events or
situations. These should be seen as necessary to the plane
of the Impersonal Self.

The Sixth House IC gives a person the ability to see

the parts of any situation, how they operate together, and
what they achieve when they function as a whole. The
Twelfth House Part of Fortune gives the ability to see all of
this on a "cosmic" or universal scale. That is to say, one
sees the way in which apparently separate sets of
circumstances and events relate to one another.

Thus, the negative attitudes of co-workers, for

example, may be overcome through the realization that
negative conditions arise when one selfishly seeks to
experience only positive conditions. In as much as all
situations and experiences are neutral and impersonal,
negative and positive do not exist, except as we see them as
such. This understanding is the "correct" operation of the
Sixth/Twelfth House axis. Here the Mercurial powers of
observation, and the Neptunian powers of compassionate
love and insight, join to transcend the usual experiences of
life. Momentary events, feelings and ideas are thus seen as
what they are—momentary and passing—and the
experience of one's life becomes deep and wide, free from
the apparent effects of external influences.

The benefits of the Part of Fortune placed here are

not always obvious, however. Indeed, unless the individual
truly allows himself to flow with events and emotions,

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and let them go without identifying with them, the subtle
understanding of life and truth will be missed completely.
The idea of service and compassion, as reflected by the
Sixth and Twelfth Houses, is not really understood by
most of us. Generally we only see these within the limited
experience of my service or my feeling of compassion.
There is, however, an impersonal aspect of these two great
principles which underlie the entire created world. Indeed,
the Creator serves us at all times and has unbounded
compassionate love for us. Few of us ever experience this;
fewer still believe it is so.

Through the Twelfth House Part of Fortune and the

Sixth House Part of Impersonal Consciousness the will and
vision of the Eleventh House Part of Fortune and the Fifth

House IC are carried to the world efficiently, and with
great impersonal love. Here we see the culmination of all the
preceeding house placements of the Part of Fortune and the

IC. The cycle and the goal are made manifest and
completed. The stage is set for the next cycle and

higher

goal.

This individual has the great fortune of having

the

"keys to the kingdom", if he is willing to

use

them. Silent

periods of meditation and solitude do much to replenish
strength and help one to remember the great truths of life
and nature. It would be useful if these became a regular part

of one's life.

This is a very special placement for the Part of

Fortune for it holds within it the promise of bringing the
individual closer to God. Understanding life experiences
in the outer world will ultimately lead to a realization of
the divine inner beauty of all life. As one begins to sense
the essence of all, one becomes united with the source of
inner strength. Then one flows in the stream of
enlightenment, bathing in that inner light which is
available to all.

In order for the Part of Fortune to work without

hindrance, the individual must not block its infinite nature

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by thinking of himself, or his life, as having finite
restrictions. The Twelfth House has been called the house
of escapism. This is not necessarily so. It is an escape from
the internal prison that man lives in, if he experiences
limited reality which does not go beyond that which is
seen, felt as personal emotion, or touched. The prison
grows worse if one fills the finite senses with people,
circumstances and situations which tie one to more people
and circumstances until life is a seemingly endless chain of
obligations. The Twelfth House transcends all of this by
giving the individual the opportunity of knowing that in
his soul he is free, that all is really one, and that there is a
greater truth for us to experience. What greater joy can
there be than reaching such a consciousness? What greater
fulfillment could man experience than to know that all of
his true needs will be forever taken care of because he is
one with the great provider!

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Chapter Four

THE PART OF FORTUNE IN THE SIGNS

The difference between the signs and the houses in

the Horoscope are so subtle that the beginner finds it
difficult to differentiate between the two. And to be quite
honest, many astrologers often confuse them in their haste
to make quick assessments of a birth chart, becoming
tongue-tied as if they had never known the subject they are
dealing with. It can be very humerous.

Houses represent the different life experiences we

all have to confront: personal identity development, value
formation, family ties, marriage, sexuality, moral and
religious philosophies and principles, and so on. Each
department of life expresses a particular pattern and each
experiences all of these departments in a unique way. Here
we can distinguish between the houses and the signs. It is
the signs which give the quality of energy which will be
expressed. More correctly, they represent potential
energies.

To further understand the differences between the

signs and houses, consider each sign as an automobile with
an engine. It has power and is capable of taking a person
any place he desires to go. At the same time, consider a
house as the road map showing the path to be traveled.
Thus, the sign represents a potential for doing, while the
house shows what will be done with that potential.

The Part of Fortune in the Signs

To understand signs correctly, they should be

viewed in their purest form—as energy. While it is possible
to say some of the things a person will do with the energy,
this is really putting limitations on the freedom one has
within the horoscope. Thus we see the same signs in
different horoscopes being used in many different ways. It
is for the individual to discover and use the potential he is
born with. As astrologers we cannot say with any certainty
how each person will grow and develop.

The Part of Fortune, as it appears throughout the

signs, indicates how an individual can reach happiness and
fulfillment by allowing the energies to clearly express
themselves. Far too often these forces are repressed or
sublimated resulting in a blockage of the natural, free flow
of energy. Thus, as one confronts each life experience, one
has less energy with which to handle the situation. The
great potential is not used or directed meaningfully. It is as if
one had a car with a large and powerful engine, but left it
in the garage all of the time. If a person is willing to allow
the energies of his horoscope to express themselves,
without fear of hurting others, displeasing those he
believes he is dependent on, or feeling that in some way he
will appear different, then he experiences the richness of
complete fulfillment in all of the situations encountered.

The placement of the Part of Fortune shows the

area in which the individual experiences the best energy
flow. Learning to understand and cooperate with this type of
energy satifies needs and desires. Not necessarily through
one's own efforts, but rather through the ability to glide
with the particular quality of energy that is ultimately
best.

The Part of Impersonal Consciousness represents

energy which seemingly opposes the individual's best flow.
This, however, is not the case as has been shown earlier. In
fact, this energy, if allowed to manifest impersonally, will
ultimately aid and support the energy of the Part of

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Fortune. Universal forces, represented by the IC, are
permitted to act for the "good" of all. The particular
"good" as represented by the Part of Fortune, is an aspect of
the universal good. It becomes obvious that the greater
good contains and serves the lesser good.

IN ARIES

With this placement the individual experiences the

need and energy for activity. If he flows with this, he will
find there are very few obstacles in his path that he cannot
overcome. An inherent bravery pushes him onward so that
he is able to transcend all of his self-doubts.

His great

successes come 'from realizing that this energy is strong
enough to grant him independence. He does not have to
yield to others fearing that they might be needed in the
future. The fact that people often misunderstand the Aries
energy forces the one who is operating under its powerful
thrust to reject the opinions of others and keep to his own
course.

Yet, through the Part of Impersonal Consciousness

in Libra, this person is able to understand the receptive,
passive nature of people and can empathize with those who
cannot make decisions and act. He sees that the tactfulness
of others is at times a form of insincerity based on the fear
of overstepping one's boundaries. The most powerful

and

useful aspect of the Libra IC is the sense of harmony and
mental order which allows the Aries Part of Fortune to see
direction very clearly. These qualities are an example of
Venus (Libra) acting as a channel for Mars (Aries). Too
often the Arian plows through this order because of a
zestful approach to life. To be able to "strike a balance"
means to know one's abilities and use them efficiently. The
Libra IC can. show how this may be done.

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The "pot of gold" at the end of this rainbow will be

what the individual achieves through his own efforts,
whether in the form of ideas or material substance. He
must not be fearful because many spiritual books and
teachings speak against the concept of desire. They speak of
attachment to desire and the wanton gratification of the
senses. He is a creature of desire, even desire for the truth,
and without that desire he would not be able to set his
goals. An individual without goals easily loses sight of his
direction in life, tending to float and be influenced by the
forces of those whose lives touch him. This is what can
happen with the "negative" functioning of the Libra Part of
Impersonal Consciousness, if the individual restricts the
powerful Arian energy.

This person seeks a unity of mind and will which

can be directed towards a single goal. The more one flows
in the direction of that goal, the easier life becomes. The
person must never doubt that the energy which is guiding
him will bring him into contact with the one motivating
force. That is the ultimate goal. Finding it brings the
greatest joy.

IN TAURUS

The person with this placement seeks all that is solid

and enduring, and does not care for those pleasures which
are fleeting and superficial. He desires to know the
meaning and uses of all things, so that he may construct a
firm future. His joy is based on the ability to sustain and
develop the substance of life. This is an example of the
positive energies of the Scorpio IC channeled through
matter, and the way in which it is expressed through the
Part of Fortune. If these Scorpio forces are viewed
negatively, one sees only the destruction, disorder and
decay of the world.

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The person with the Part of Fortune in Taurus

knows how individuals can defeat themselves

through

lack of patience growing out of the fact that things do not
materialize instantly. He is an observer of unstable and
unpredictable situations that confront one in life. To
identify with these is to lose one's own sense of stability.
Taurus energy represents cohesiveness and sustenance,
while negative expression of Scorpio can represent a
breaking down instead of a transmutation.

This person should understand that there is a need

for things to be broken down; that destruction and endings
are very much a part of the creative process. His part in the
process, if he is to be happy, is to continue to forge very
powerful and meaningful foundations. Destruction should
be viewed as transformation.

This person likes to relax, but is not happy relaxing.

He would rather work in the direction of progress,
however slow it may be, so long

it is steady enough to

insure that ultimate day when he can really relax in the
security he has built. Here, relaxation and deliberate, slow
progress are examples of the Scorpio IC—regeneration
and growth.

One of the greatest joys of the Taurus Part of

Fortune is the attainment of personal love, and its
expression, on the physical plane. Yet there is a great
difference between the sexuality of Taurus and Scorpio.
With the Part of Fortune in Taurus one sees the need to not
separate sexuality and love. This artificial separation will
cause the experience of the lower levels of Scorpio which
are detrimental to the Taurian's true objective. The
sexuality of Taurus is always aimed at building a
meaningful union based on warmth, sincerity, and
committment. Through the Part of Impersonal Con-
sciousness in Scorpio, the individual can become an
observer of what is seen and felt to be the misuse of
sexuality. Scorpio seeks to allow relationships and love to

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be the well from which the warm waters of pure emotions
are drawn to sooth and nurture the inner life of man,
allowing it to be transformed. That is one of the functions of
Mars and Pluto operating through their rulership of a
water sign.

The individual with the Part of Fortune in Taurus is

happy when he knows where he is going. External
conditions and people which tend to hinder him must be
viewed impersonally. One of his weak spots is a tendency to
feel as if he were a target, and then react negatively. A clear
look at this feeling, aided by the power of insight into
emotions given by the Scorpio IC, will show him that he is
not the target. If anything, he just happened to be there,
that's all. While one of his greatest strengths is the ability to
hold onto or retain things, negative identification with the
Scorpio IC can dissipate his energies through the retention
of grudges against that which happened in the past.

In order for the Taurus energy to work best, the

individual must learn not to block the Scorpio energy
which tends to undo and transform things. He must learn
to conserve while not losing sight of that which he is trying
to build. This person is extraordinarily slow in making
changes in life patterns. However, his ability to establish
and sustain lasting and meaningful patterns will bring the
greatest happiness. He takes pleasure in knowing that he is
building a dependability within himself upon which he and
others may rely.

Taurean energy is one of peaceful existence in tune

with nature's forces. This is one of the few signs in the
Zodiac through which one may experience contentment.
Taurus is a very "giving" sign. The more this individual
tries to sooth and settle the discontented people in his life,
the more he will unsettle his own peace if there is negative
identification with the Scorpio IC. One can cooperate best
with the Taurus energy by learning to live and let live and
by appreciating all of the fullness that exists in life.

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Scorpio's intensity, while it has a definite place in life, does
not have to manifest negatively. Purposeful expression of
this intensity may be found when one remembers that this
primal force is useful when directed toward study,
research, the spiritual quest and growth through
generation and regeneration.

The pot of gold at the end of this rainbow can be

likened to entering the promised land. After much
experience one learns to give up negative battling and
accept the beautiful, peaceful, loving existence that has
always been yearned for. Here more is gained by surrender
than by resistence.

IN GEMINI

The Part of Fortune placed in Gemini gives one great

joy through communication and learning, and the
connection with people these engender. This person is
seeking and gleaning new understandings from everyone
he meets. The people in his life are more important for the
ideas they convey than for who they are. Here, too, there is
an attempt to keep things on a light level without becoming
enmeshed in emotions. Many people come and go in his
life, and he receives stimulation and information from all
of them. As such, he becomes a veritable walking
encyclopedia of data and knowledge culled from the
experience of others. The more he gathers, the more he
comes to realize the many different facets of life that often
contradict each other.

This person tries to be non-committal, not because

of a fear of committment, but because he would rather not
be the judge of which idea or thought is better or more
correct. Thus he attempts to straddle two positions. If
there was ever an individual who wanted to have his cake
and eat it too, it would be the person with the Part of
Fortune in Gemini. He seeks to reap the benefits of two

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camps, without truly forming an alliance with either.
Sometimes he succeeds. This allows him freedom of
movement which adds scope and color to his life. He is
able to act and react swiftly to each change of "wind" in
his life. Great joy and genuine pleasure is experienced as
the individual revels in the multiplicity of ideas, theories
and impersonal observations. This is augmented by the
Sagittarius IC which seeks to find the common thread or
basic principle which links them all together.

Through the Sagittarius Part of Impersonal

Consciousness, he sees truth in its brightest light. Seeing
this truth allows him to relate to all people and situations
freely with the joy and gusto of the Jupiter ruled IC. The
chameleon like Mercurial energy allows him to change in
an instant, as the situation makes a new demand. He
knows there is a need for an expansion of consciousness,
but if he over-emphasizes this he will lose the close contact
to life and people he needs. He is happiest when intimately
involved with everything going on around him, without
personally judging the duality of situations.

Negative use of the Sagittarius Part of Impersonal

Consciousness can cause one to become judgmental. One
must learn to not identify with the authoritative attitudes
that lead to this. The more one judges, the sooner one will
lose the companionship so strongly sought. The
Mercury/Jupiter axis relates to the power of observation
and wisdom. Positive expression of the IC here will allow
one to remember that to be human implies certain
temporary limitations. The point of view must be wide
enough to allow for the greatest expansion on the mental
level, and at the same time allow for the understanding of
the present human condition.

The greatest joy in the Gemini Part of Fortune

comes from an ability to deal with immediate reality. If the
individual permits himself to be swept along with the
distant callings of the Sagittarius IC, there is a strong

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possibility of losing the ability to function in the here and
now. The very clear sense of presence, and the idea of the

present, inherent in the Gemini Part of Fortune is the most
fulfilling source of joy to this individual. Their very
personal pot of gold comes from knowing how to live with
that which is temporary.*

IN CANCER

The person with this placement reaches his greatest

joy through allowing the free flow of the energy of
nourishment. This individual seeks to feed himself and
others with all that is necessary for future growth. Here
one experiences the love of the Divine Mother, who
nourishes all selflessly.

This individual is given great joy when expressing

the deep felt impulse of devotion. He seeks people and
circumstances through which he can experience warmth
and closeness. This is an energy of feeling. There is much
happiness derived from being close to nature, for it is
through nature that one can feel the very essence of unity
and cooperation with the universe.

There is a desire for a childlike simplicity in all

actions. While one sees the energies which brings things to
maturity through the Capricorn Part of Impersonal
Consciousness, it is best to stay in tune with the tender,
gentle Cancerian energy which is most in harmony with the
beginnings of things. The Capricorn influence is best
expressed through the discernment of the correct and most
useful channel for the energy.

Great joy will come from experiencing the process

of birth. Whether this is the birth of a child, an idea, or
anything that did not exist before he played a personal role
in its coming to be, it is always his very intimate association
with beginnings that bring the greatest sense of happiness
and fulfillment.

• More about the nature of 'presence in the present' and related material will be discussed in a

forthcoming book by Mr. Schulman entitled Karmic Astrology Volume IV: The Karma

the Now,

to be published by Samuel Weiser, Inc.

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Through the Capricorn Part of Impersonal

Consciousness one sees and comprehends the energy of
ambition. One also feels how man tries to bring to fruition
that which has been partially formed. Capricorn energy is
firm and crystallized, while Cancerian energy is pliable and
soft. In both signs there is a strong energy towards activity.
Capricorn energy is motivated by seeing the desirability of
an outcome. Thus in the IC, the ends usually give the
impression of justifying the means. The Cancer energy, on
the other hand, is based on doing for the sake of doing. It is
more an energy of means rather than ends. While
Capricorn seeks to accomplish that which will outlast the
individual, Cancer seeks to create that which makes the
person feel he is taking part in creation itself.

The youthfulness and vitality of Cancer is balanced

by Capricorn in its search for wisdom and maturity. Thus
the individual must not become engrossed in the Part of
Impersonal Consciousness if he is to reach the full joy of
all the seeds he is sowing through his Cancer Part of
Fortune. He must allow the IC to give structure and
direction to his energy, but retain the youthful and
uncomplicated nature of a child.

The pot of gold at the end of this rainbow is the joy

received by being a privileged participant in the birth
process which occurs in all of nature and the mind. Joy
results also from the nourishment of all things that are in
need of tender care so that they may develop and flourish.
As one watches the growth of that which has sprung from
within, there is great fulfillment in knowing one is a real
part of the foundations of life.

IN LEO

Here there is a great yearning to act as the "center"

and be in command. Through self-mastery the individual
seeks to be a source of inspiration and guidance to others.

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A leader must lead, and he must not shirk the problems
and responsibilities which only he has the will and power
to solve. Great joy comes from accomplishing large scale
achievements which in some way stand as shining examples
and symbols of what man is capable of when he uses his
potential. This person not only seeks self-betterment, but
also the improvement of the society as a whole.

Through the Aquarius Part of Impersonal

Consciousness one learns to not force others to conform to
one's own methods. Instead, one should try to understand
that each individual finds his own path. By not dissipating
energies in many areas one is able to conserve and direct
the creative power. This will ultimately bring fulfillment
and happiness. Because all of the achievements will come
from personal effort, one will know the joy of being
undisputed king of one's own castle. Most of all, the
kingdom will be an honorable one, for whatever is
accomplished through dishonest methods has

little

meaning for the individual with the Part of Fortune in
Leo.

The advice that this person gives to others through

the Aquarius Part of Impersonal Consciousness should be
given as a gift rather than as a command. His power to
create becomes truly great when he learns how to let

the

rest of the world accept or reject his advice and becomes
content with the fact that he has been given the
opportunity to help.

Both Leo and Aquarius are energies of giving. The

Aquarian energy is an impersonal giving to humanity as

whole, without expecting anything

return, except the

evolution of the race. The generosity of Leo, on the other
hand, is more purposefully directed toward those

individuals who form one's immediate life-space. Thus,
the Part of Fortune in Leo centers around the concept of
personal love. A certain amount of feedback is necessary

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for this person to feel that his generousity, his ambitions,
and his goals are moving along the right track.

Although the Leo energy is very powerful, it tends

to be rather rigid. Following specific traditions or
principles, the individual strives to keep his life within the
confines of that which will bring him honor, prestige,
dignity and respect. He must avoid the momentary
distractions that can arise from the Aquarian energy if he is
to fulfill his purpose. And fulfill he must, for he puts
great demands upon himself. It is only when these
demands are met according to his own high standards that
he will feel contentment. Purposeful direction of energy
brings great achievements. The admiration that will
ultimately be received for these accomplishments is the pot of
gold at the end of this rainbow.

IN VIRGO

Here the individual achieves great happiness by

creating a sense of "organized purity" in his environment.
He seeks cleanliness, not only in personal hygiene, but also
in the living and working quarters. He also experiences a
kind of cleanliness in the way in which thoughts are
organized. Highly sensitive to the external environment,
this person is very aware of how much he is affected by
personal responses to apparently negative emotion.

Through the Pisces Part of Impersonal Conscious-

ness he fully understands the nature of compassion, but if
the Part of Fortune is to work well, he must avoid
identification with forces which cannot be seen. Aware of
the unseen, unconscious and infinite forces beyond
personal control, he must nevertheless direct his life to a
highly conscious existence, dedicated to the "here and
now".

This person endeavors to be constantly, and

conscientiously busy, leaving little room for the negative

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emotions of others to invade his consciousness. Thus,
what may seem to be a preoccupation with mundane
reality is in fact bringing this person a supreme sense of joy
through an organized perception of life.

Cleanliness of mind and body are important

because they allow the experience of a clear simplicity of
thought, uncluttered by unnecessary external factors.
Learning to discipline himself, he becomes able to
ultimately rise above negative emotions through positive
use of his Pisces IC which directs him towards inner peace.
His primary goal is to function well, and completely.
Regardless of how he feels about others, he knows that
feelings are transitory and always in a state of change.
There is an awareness of a very personal duty to keep
moving in the direction of perfected unfoldment.

Negative Piscean energy has a tendency to dwell in

the past. Virgo energy centers itself through a powerful
preoccupation with the details of the present. The
happiness promised by the Virgo Part of Fortune comes
from dealing with the present in such an efficient manner
that details never pile up to become a burden carried from
the past to the future. Thus, the Pisces IC directs energy
through a comprehension of the whole and its meaning
and effect in the present.

There is great joy in the expression of simple logic,

what Benjamin Franklin, a Capricorn, called "uncommon
sense." The Virgo influence is able to put the details of life
together in such a way as to form a sequence of events
leading to a very logical goal. This, again, is an example of
the Pisces Part of Impersonal Consciousness giving a
complete overview of the present and the direction of the
flow of energy. The individual can actually become so
efficient that he may feel a little like a robot. As a result he
seeks emotion to understand, logically, if he is still capable
of feeling. To do this he moves to the opposite sign and
begins to express the Pisces IC. He must be careful never

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to identify with the negative aspect of this side of himself.
Here one could lose sight of the practical nature in a sea of
illusions, wispy daydreams, and endless fantasies. These
cause one to drift away from the conscious sense of the
present which brings the greatest joy. Instead, he must
seek the purity and universality of the Pisces IC which will
add depth to his life and the experience of the present.

Pisces and Virgo represent energies of service.

Pisces that of compassionate service to others; Virgo
represents service to the self. When this individual is
functioning at his best, the abilities will be much needed by
others and he will want to help. Here one must be careful
not to leave one's center of being, for if one identifies
negatively with the problems of another person, one begins
to lose the ability to function. It is this person's ability to
function that enables him to rise above factors which
would easily send others into a state of emotional
depression.

For this individual, the pot of gold is whatever he is

holding in hand and dealing with at the present moment.
The energy of Pisces always relates to that which is
infinite. It is an attunement to an invisible universe which
can only be perceived through the higher senses. Virgo
energy is directed toward that which is tangible. It lives in
the world of things. Through proper organization, care,
and cleanliness of these things, the Virgo Part of Fortune
finds its role. This allows for the impersonal expression of
the Pisces IC: the infusion of love into life; the experience
of the timeless moment.

IN LIBRA

Here the individual reaches his greatest happiness

through cooperating with an energy which can be called
"non-self-assertion." He is most comfortable going along
with others, rather than expressing personal desires which

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might disturb the harmony sought from the company he
keeps. There is an attempt to blend with the desires of
others. This results in a continual shifting of the point of
view in an attempt to gain acceptance.

This person knows that offending others by force-

fully asserting one's own desires jeopardizes friendships
and relationships. Thus, instead of asserting his own will,
he tries to cooperate with whatever situations and
circumstances life thrusts upon him. He rarely makes
important decisions by himself because, in a positive sense,
he views himself as part of a greater whole which consists
of forces beyond his control. He feels that to assert one's
will without consideration of these influences puts one out
of harmony with the flow that is guiding life.

Through the Aries IC there is familiarity with the

energy of the "pioneer." One senses a powerful ability to
project personal desire far into the future, making it a
product of one's own desire. If he is to be happy, this
knowledge must not be identified with. The Aries energy is
so highly charged that to use it selfishly would cause the
loss of perspective and balance. It is extremely important
to consider the effects of actions before they are taken.
Thus the Libran need to know both sides of things. ' This
leads to a life which is based upon what others also desire,
rather than the full expression of personal will. Yet, it is
the very avoidance of "natural instinct" that will bring this
individual the greatest happiness. The bond of personal
relationship, based on mutual restraint, satisfies all of
the people involved.

The person with the Part of Fortune in Libra feels

as if he must be a part of something, that he belongs. He
seeks to end this feeling of incompleteness by finding
people and circumstances which represent ideas and
experiences which will define his life-space. In an attempt
to become "ego-less" and inoffensive, he develops a gentle
and tactful nature which knows how to please and

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appease. The more he is able to do this, the more he is able
to experience an inner satisfaction which, in part, stems
from a knowledge that he is never personally responsible
for the creation of disturbing circumstances.

Shakespeare has posed life's deepest question as:

"To be, or not to be . . ." This may well have been
directed at the Aries/Libra polarity. If the answer comes
from Aries, it most certainly is "to be." Libra's natural
response is, "not to be." The Part of Fortune here
symbolizes a balance at the center of the Zodiac. It is a
window through which an individual sees all possibilities,
and yet never establishes a personal identity with any of
them. He maintains a delicate equilibrium, experiencing
aspects of many personalities, but never establishing one
that is unique and his own. Through the experience of all of
the life that is around him, however, he is able to develop
a sense of contentment. He knows that he can have all
without wanting anything; touch all, without owning. He
symbolically stands at the center of all thought. He is
a true paradox: standing for nothing, he stands for
everything.

Lao Tsu, the ancient Chinese sage, wrote: "Thirty

spokes share the wheel's rim. It is the hub that makes them
useful ..." and in another place " ... it is the empty space
in a window which makes it useful." The Libra Part of
Fortune is truely a hub and an open window of
consciousness. Around it revolves, and through it flows all
of mankind's thoughts, desires, and emotions. It is so
much a collection of all sound and color, that it becomes
immune to specific, personal identification with any one of
them. So it is with everything for this sign. The individual
with this Part of Fortune is experiencing, in small measure,
all of the energies of the Zodiac. Libra, standing at the
center, allows these energies to flow through a person so
that they collectively form a complete individual. A sense
of joy and contentment comes from feeling that one

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belongs to everything. This realization can bring one closer to
the consciousness of desirelessness, which will be the
foundation of true fulfillment. Without needing to need, or
begrudging others what one does not have, the person with
this placement is able to balance all experience and feeling
and come to rest in life. Equilibrium is achieved by balancing
opposing feelings, his own or other peoples, until a unity is
felt. Acting as the vessel or channel for life allows this
person to develop the sense of being impersonal.
The ability to become impersonal is derived from an
awareness of the acute personal nature of Aries through
the IC, channeled through the Libran/Venus sense of
other people. One sees the selfish or "private" desires of
people, yet is able to find a place for them all in the grand
scheme of things.

The pot of gold at the end of this rainbow is

knowing that the creative energies, from people in one's life
and their desires, will determine the proper life pattern. Thus,
in a rather unusual way, one is cared for in that one never
has to make a right or wrong decision. Flowing with the
forces that are directing one allows the necessary decisions
to be made. This faith in the cosmos comes from the
positiveness of the Aries Part of Impersonal
Consciousness. It is an expression of Martian bravery in the
face of the unknown. There is great peace in knowing that
the world will care for you, in every way, all of the time.
Herein lies the secret joy of the Libra Part of Fortune.

IN SCORPIO

Here the individual reaches his - greatest joy by

participating in the process of regeneration. This is linked
with sexuality, on the physical plane, and the spiritual
quest on the higher mental and emotional levels. Sexuality,
the essence of life and the creative force, becomes a very

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important factor in this individual's make up. * There is an
intense desire to also probe into the meaning of life. This is
an easy task for one with such keen, penetrating
perceptions and spirit. This person also has a strong sense
of the growth and evolution of man. All of these factors
combine to give an ability to delve into the unknown; to be
at the center of all endings and beginnings.

Through the Taurus Part of Impersonal Con-

sciousness this person sees the ways in which people and
society keeps itself in the rut called security. The Scorpio
energy is always striving to discover all that is new. It
desires to uproot the established order to improve it.
Scorpio energy here is driven towards the undermining of
that which is no longer useful.

The Part of Fortune placed in Scorpio attunes an

individual with his own, and society's unconscious thought
levels. He takes great pride in his ability to forge ahead in
spite of these generally unknown forces. In the eyes of
others he seems to be destroying what they have spent
years building. In truth, that which can be destroyed was
never real to begin with. This Part of Fortune seeks the
mystical reality of the universe. Much will be overturned.
Hidden secrets will be brought to the surface, and the
stream of man's thoughts and feelings will be stirred with
intense passion until the waters run clear.

The energy of the Taurus Part of Impersonal Con-

sciousness is one of building, while the energy of Scorpio
in the Part of Fortune is one of unbuilding or undoing.
Both are needed in order to achieve the process we call
evolution. Old buildings are torn down so that new ones
may be erected on the same site. The person with the
Scorpio Part of Fortune is unique in that he can tear down
as well as design and construct the buildings.

The person with this placement of the Part of

Fortune experiences an insistent type of energy that never
lets him rest. Yearning to grow, seek, and understand all

* The subject of sexuality will be discussed in two forthcoming volumes, The Astrology of

Sexuality, to be published by Samuel Weiser, Inc.

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that is unseen, his joy is never rooted in peaceful existence.
He is a transformer of men because he is made discontent
by the lack of movement and progress he sees in those
around him. Sexuality is merely the engine that keeps him
moving. It brings a powerful sense of intimacy which
forges the intense feeling of a connection with the depths
of truth. He is not fooled by sophisticated facades and
perceives reality clearly. Keenly in tune with the forces of
nature, Scorpio has the most highly developed perception
of any sign in the Zodiac.

Through the Taurus IC, this person is allowed to

experience the energy of relaxation and contentment. This
acts as a balance to the Scorpio intensity. He knows that
ultimately this is everyone's goal. But he cannot accept it
for himself until he feels he has earned it. The pot of gold
at the end of his rainbow comes from playing an active role
in working towards the building of a world which will be
secure and peaceful, not because people are trying to make it
so by containing, repressing and inhibiting

natural

instincts but because they are more in touch

with

the

source of all life. He is happiest when he is able to
enlighten others and show them the new pathways they
were afraid to consider.

IN SAGITTARIUS

Here the individual feels the energy of abundant

freedom. He seeks both mental and physical open spaces
and avoids confining situations and circumstances which
limit his possibilities. Of all the signs of the Zodiac, this has
the greatest ability to experience a joyful life. The existence
here can be naturally happy and bountiful. When this
person is unafraid to try his luck, he discovers that he is
naturally lucky. When he is unafraid to travel, he discovers
that his greatest fortune occurs in the most remote places,
far from his home. As the years go by, his life keeps

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expanding and almost in spite of himse lf, the
circumstances and experiences that he goes through seem
to keep growing larger and more meaningful.

Through his Gemini Part of Impersonal Conscious-

ness, he is constantly aware of what others think. He sees
how much of life can be wasted in trying to tactfully please
others rather than trying to expand consciousness to the
point where one understands how unnecessary such
thinking really is.

Intensely curious, he seeks to roam the earth in

search of all that there is to taste in life. He derives a great
deal of happiness in being close to nature, and is most
uncomfortable in crowded cities that tend to regiment and
confine his thinking and limit his ability to breathe with the
natural spirit of life that flows through him.

The Sagittarius energy is one of truth based on the

understanding of natural law. The Gemini energy is one of
duality, and an awareness of duality, based on man's
attempt to relate to man. The individual with the
Sagittarius Part of Fortune discovers that when he minces
words to win approval or acceptance, or put himself in
another's place to understand what to say to them, he
becomes untruthful to himself. Since in the great expanse of
his consciousness he is able to survey the whole situation
almost instantaneously, he flows best when he is blunt and
to the point. In this way he does not doubt the sincerity of
his own truth. The Gemini IC gives the ability to see the
world of apparent duality clearly and in a detatched
manner. This allows one to quickly scan situations or
events, and makes it possible for the Sagittarius Part of
Fortune to synthesize these observations into a new unity.
Once this is done, direction and meaning are given to the
initial observations and the individual may take
appropriate action.

The person with this Part of Fortune knows that

new experiences are always waiting to bring more joy and

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more fulfillment. Thus there is a strong tendency to
project into the future and imagine the experiences and
places with which to fill that future. This tendency forms
the basis for the prophetic nature of Sagittarius. For it
either sees what will happen through insight or, because of
its great power of will, brings the future into being in
conformity with its desire.

Great joy comes from knowing that there is no

point to life except to live it to the fullest. Thus, while the
Gemini IC sees people trying to decide on a direction in
life, and always feeling unhappy because they believe that
one must be chosen in place of another, the Sagittarius
Part of Fortune is able to know all directions at once. The
dire frustration of not being able to find one's niche in life is
not known to this person. Wherever he hangs his hat is
home. Whatever way he is earning a living is his
occupation. Whoever he is in the company of, is his friend.
It is this attitude that allows his enthusiasm to flow, in tune
with the forces of his environment.

This person is able to cruise on the surface of life

and not immerse himself in situations which might negate
his ever-present optimistic outlook. The greatest hindrance
to his happiness is trying to see himself through the eyes of
others. This is a self-critical aspect of identification with
the Gemini Part of Impersonal Consciousness. He radiates
joy. He is joy. Yet, no matter how bright a light may be, it
cannot see itself. Others can see the joy in him, and
knowing this he sometimes makes the mistake of looking
to them for a reflection of who he is. Through the positive
feedback, he can slip into the illusion that he can make
others joyful in return. Living under this type of mental
obligation can make one lose one's sense of happiness.

The person with a Sagittarius Part of Fortune must

learn that happiness is something that cannot necessarily
be transferred from one person to another. This is one of

the great lessons taught by the Gemini IC. Trying to make

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this exchange only tends to weaken one. The world can be
his oyster, if he just lets himself be. When he learns to do
this, his life takes on an enthusiastic spontaneity
unparallelled by any other sign in the Zodiac. It is through
this non-directed spontaneity that he is able to come close
to what the Buddha meant when he indicated that the true
meaning of life is just "to be." For this individual, the
pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is as vivid as the sense
of presence he is able to experience in every moment.

IN CAPRICORN

Here an individual reaches greatest happiness

watching his life assume a definite form and structure.
This person has many ambitions and hopes, but remains
discontented until the necessary steps for their enactment
have been formulated and set in motion. He seeks to keep in
touch with his ultimate purpose at all times and knows that
the best way to fully experience life is to spend it creating
something that will outlast one's own existence. He strives
to overcome the restrictions placed on him in his youth. He
is able to develop a power within which allows him to see
that his life is in his own hands and of his own making. He
does not necessarily want things to come easily, for he
feels that the frivolous, transient nature of most
experiences, objects and, yes, even relationships, detract
from the great purpose he has planned. He also needs to
know that he is able to make a valuable contribution to
society.

The Cancer Part of Impersonal Consciousness

allows this person to experience the full range of emotional
energy. As with all placements in which the polarity
permits an individual to increase the emotional experience,
the need to remain impersonal is stressed. The balance that
the person must achieve is vital for the proper use of the
energy. It is important to note that all earth signs are

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balanced by water signs. Dry earth is not fertile. Nothing
will grow on such soil that is of great use to man. Perhaps
there are valuable minerals to be found in such places, but
the wealth that these represent is usually used to secure the
products of rich, fertile earth. On the other hand, 'land
which has been flooded is of little use until the water has
receded and the land has dried somewhat. The Capricorn
energy pushes toward the completion of projects, the
Cancer energy experiences the emotional enthusiasm of
giving birth at the beginning of things. For the Part of
Fortune to work best here, emotion must be mastered and
directed. This is perhaps the most difficult task for any
person" to accomplish. All that the individual feels can
actually act as a deterrent to all that he truly wants to do.
Childhood insecurities, fears and self-doubt must be set
aside so that one is able to develop the perspective

which

allows one to see that their life's work is more important
than they are. When this person can do this, he will
develop a new identity through which he becomes the
quality and the quantity of all he is capable of producing.

The Cancer IC gives deep understanding of the

need for a good beginning or foundation for any project.
Nothing will succeed unless the first step or idea is cared
for, nourished and directed. The Cancer IC allows the'
person with the Capricorn Part of Fortune to conceive,.
give birth to and nurture that which will grow to maturity
and, indeed, have a life of its own.

This position of the Part of Fortune delays happiness

until later in life. This permits the development of true
maturity as the individual must overcome formidable
obstacles which require the skill and strength perfected by
much hard work. Through the Cancer Part of Impersonal
Consciousness he must learn that negative emotions
actually drain his physical energies, preventing him from
achieving the sense of progress that he needs to sustain
him. He is highly sensitive to the needs of others, and

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particularly vulnerable on a personal emotional level.
Thus, in order for his Part of Fortune to work to his best
advantage, he must learn to avoid negative emotional
entanglements which confuse him and weaken his sense of
self-respect.

His greatest happiness comes from realizing the

ways in which he is a totally capable individual. In a very
real sense, he becomes his own father. He learns how to
lead himself, and regardless of situations and circum-
stances in his life, he develops the ability to function at
levels generally unattainable by most people, even in the
best of circumstances.

Capricorn is a sign of great depth. There is always

some underlying plan to their actions; a road along which a
well-defined sense of purpose travels towards the chosen
goal. Even the detours are somehow worked into the plan.
There can be no vague abstractions or generalities for this
individual, for in essence, life's reward of happiness comes
from his being sure of his destination at all times. The pot of
gold at the end of this rainbow is achieved after many
years of directed effort along the specific course he has
charted. He knows that its attainment will not have been
through luck or a sense of good fortune, but rather
through his own powerfully directed efforts and inner
worth. Whatever is accomplished is known to be a symbol
of this internal development which is the pot of gold.

IN AQUARIUS

Here the individual experiences his greatest

happiness by flowing with the energies of awareness and
enlightenment. Unfettered by the bonds set by society,
unlimited by the confines of predictable expectation, he is
able to experience all that exists outside of the limits of
established society. He seeks to know all—about man, the
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apparently different aspects of life manage to fit together.

The objective of the Aquarius Part of Fortune is a

sense of non-containment. His happiness comes from
understanding that things can be different, without any
one thing being better or worse than another. It is through
this attitude that he is able to stay clear of the
consequences of making judgements. By nature he is fair
and unbiased. From this fair treatment of the world he
experiences all of the joy associated with freedom. Because
he is detached and does not become overly involved in the
personal principles of others, the world allows him the
freedom to explore his own self-awakening. He never has
to follow the paths of others. The direction of his compass
is always set by new ideas that stimulate inventiveness and
originality of outlook. He often seeks solitude so that he
can withdraw from the demands of traditional society, for
his joy is not based on the laws or restrictions of men, but
on the impulse of the forces of the cosmos which draw
man to his highest abilities. He seeks to live without plan.
From the absence of any apparent pattern, rhyme or
reason to his life there grows a very uncommon sense of
life and living. It is from this that he derives his unique.
powers of ingenuity and awareness.

Through the Leo Part of Impersonal Consciousness

this person is able to see how people strive in vain for
power and command, as well as the desire to uphold
principles through which they can establish self-respect.
He knows that there is a place for such things in the world,
but he also knows that the world is in the state it has fallen
to because these things have been misused and abused. It is
the Leo love of truth and higher principles which act as a
beacon for him, rather than identification with the
limitation of power which can inhibit the spontaneous
flow of life.

Little in the world can shock the person with an

Aquarius Part of Fortune because there is enough room in

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his consciousness to accept the possibility of any
occurrence. He lives in the future, exploring and
discovering that which mankind considers as its most
remote possibilities. He is a true free spirit: liberal in ideas
and unconventional in attitudes. Contentment for him
comes from not caring in any personal way about the
direction in which society seems to be moving. He knows of
a better future, based on a far-reaching vision of truth.
Thus, the problems of the present can leave him relatively
unconcerned. He knows they will be resolved in the best
possible way. No need to worry.

Since the Leo energy is strongly based on the

fulfillment of the ego through command and power, and
the Aquarius energy is based on the avoidance of ego
entrapment, he will find his greatest happiness in not being
afraid or ashamed of his detachment and non-conformist
attitudes. The strength to do this comes from that same
Leonian energy. It is the Leo power which enables one to
fight the desire for power because the vision has been
directed inward as well as outward. As soon as this person
accepts himself as being "different" and that his desires
and ideas are unique, even prophetic in their advanced
nature, he will begin to unfold the reality that his soul has
been yearning for. He will know that his mind is free to
explore the awareness, the consciousness which will
ultimately free mankind from the shackles of its collective
ego. The joy of this pot of gold is not just for the
individual, but for all.

IN PISCES

Here an individual has the opportunity of

experiencing the sum of the creative energies of the
Zodiac. In the most subtle ways, this person is in tune with
the forces of the cosmos. He is able to flow with an
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tangible physical reality. He knows that the universe is
composed of one substance which is not bounded by
matter. He experiences the unity of all things

and

can

adapt himself to any vibration and fill any need.

The Part of Fortune placed here allows one to

experience the joy of transcending time, space and
thought. The powerful intuition and attunement to cosmic
forces which comes from the Part of Fortune in Pisces
gives an individual a mysterious, magnetic quality. There
is a sense that this person knows the unknown intimately.

Through the Virgo Part of Impersonal Conscious-

ness, this person sees the ways in which people try to plan
and organize their lives, while all the time they fail to see
the complete picture and its meaning. He also experiences
the restrictions of living in a finite consciousness in which
the only reality is thought to be that which can be seen,
touched, or felt emotionally. If he is to be happy, he is not
to identify with that kind of reality. His perceptions
transcend the finite universe. The dimensions of time and
space are of little consequence to the infinite quality of

all

he perceives.

How could there be a greater joy than sensing the

eternal oneness of God? How could there be anything on
earth that is not a reflection of that which is not earthly?
How could there be anything at all that does not come
from a state of mind? In ways which are beyond verbal
communication, this Pisces Part of Fortune allows one to
know the essence of reality. In effect this individual stands
between the world of God and the world of man and
knows they are one. He experiences that unity.

The person with a Pisces Part of Fortune does not

like to make promises. He know that the keeping or
breaking of a promise is not always within one's personal
control. In order to insure his happiness he must avoid the
Virgo tendency to manipulate and plan a particular, finite

life style which he will then have to try and

live

out.

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Instead he must draw on the Virgo ability to see the

perfection of that which is, and allow life to take its
course.

The person with a Pisces Part of Fortune does not

have to conquer, for he is part of that which is the master
of all. He does not have to submit, for he realizes there is
truly nothing which must submit, since submission and
conquest are merely opposite sides of one concept. Joy
comes from a silent understanding which allows him to
gently flow through life's experiences.

The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is in fact

the rainbow itself. The Pisces Part of Fortune gives one the
distinct advantage of knowing that life, the world of ideas
and their limitations, is only an appearance after all.
Creative imagination based on an awareness of higher
truth, understanding and love, not illusion, is what can set
the heart and mind free. Joy and happiness come from
attunement to the higher levels of consciousness. The
ability to finely attune to these levels comes from the Virgo
IC which allows one to purify, order and direct the
thoughts in the mind. The Mercurial energy of Virgo acts
as the bridge between the ascending levels of perception
and understanding which lead to the all encompassing
embrace of Jupiter and Neptune. Through his compas-
sionate desire to help shape a more loving world, his
hopes, dreams and wishes are creating a more beautiful
consciousness for his fellow man. Whatever he can
imagine becomes part of his reality.

Chapter Five

A S P E C T S T O T H E P A R T O F F O R T U N E

The Part of Fortune is an Arabian Point rather

than a specific planet and some Astrologers have not
considered the effects of planetary aspects to this

point

the horoscope. However, there are several very

powerful

reasons to give some study to planetary contacts to this

point.

It should be understood that the Part of Fortune

represents a very sensitive position in an individual's
horoscope. One reacts strongly to other individuals who
have planets touching it! One also reacts strongly to
important transits and progressions over this point. Thus, if
an area in an individual's chart is sensitive enough to
cause him to react to external forces, it obviously has
enough strength to be considered as one of the factors that
bears a strong influence on his life. One may question the
extent of the strength such an Arabian Part has, keeping
clearly in mind that it is not a planet. Such thinking leads
one in the direction of believing that it is necessarily
weaker than a planet. It then becomes important to realize
that the Part of Fortune is not the resultant of any one
planet at all, but rather represents the combined strength
and sensitivity of both luminaries (often considered to be
the two most powerful planets in the chart) and the
Ascendant! It should be understood then, that the part of

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Fortune is clearly a very potent area in the horoscope,
often reacting to external stimuli with the same, if not
more, power than a single planet.

This brings us to another consideration. If the Part

of Fortune is sensitive to external forces through the
experiences and circumstances that occur as a result of
transits and progressions, then is it possible that it is also
sensitive to internal forces stemming from the conscious-
ness of the individual from within the boundaries of his
natal chart? This can be answered quite easily from studies
of other non-planetary parts within the horoscope.
Consider if you will, the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the
Nodes, House Cusps, the Vertex, the Nadir, the
Descendant, and all of the other non-planetary parts of the
horoscope. Are they sensitive to distance relationships or
aspects formed to them by actual planets? Does it matter if a
planet forms a conjunction with the Ascendant? Yes. It
changes the whole complexion of the chart! Does it matter if
a planet forms a square to a House Cusp? Very much so. It
creates very specific tensions between the energy of the
planet and the experiences symbolized by that house. Does
it matter if an individual has three planets forming a
conjunction with his North Node? Of course it does! It
forces the individual to fulfill his Karma with a sense of
urgency.

It is possible to go through many examples of how

planetary aspects to sensitive points in the chart actually
do have their effect. The point to understand here is that a
part in the horoscope is affected by aspects to it, even
though it is not a planet.

There is still another way of looking at this.

Forgetting completely about Astrology for a moment, but
remembering that the Part of Fortune symbolizes the Joy
that one is seeking in life, consider the following: On a
very mundane, everyday level of thinking there are things
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respect to these things, there are also things which either
allow him to experience his joy or that will get in the way
of it. A person's joy might very well be in peace of mind
(something quite intangible, very much like the Part of
Fortune). A bill that comes in the mail momentarily
interferes with the experience of his joy. The bill is much
more tangible (in a sense, very much like a planet). While
one is more tangible than the other, there is still a strong
relationship between the two. The individual's emotional
reaction (which comes from within himself) to the fact that
he has to pay the bill distracts him from his goal which in
this case was peace of mind. In this very same way, a
planetary aspect to the Part of Fortune has its effect in an
individual's life.

To consider another example, let us suppose that an

individual has a Fifth House Part of Fortune forming a
conjunction with the Moon. On a very realistic level; their
joy is in desiring to have a baby. The Moon symbolizes the
actual birth of that baby. Again, forgetting Astrology for
just a moment, see the relationship between seeking,
wanting, expecting and waiting for the proverbial. "little
bundle of Joy", and the eventual actual realization of it.
Here too, one is more tangible than the other: Still they
have direct continuity with each other.

Thus, on astrological levels of thinking, one part

of a horoscope can be more tangible than another, without
necessarily being more meaningful. There is no question
that the tangible birth of a baby is extremely important to a
person, yet are the months of wishful expectation, plans,
dreams for the future, and the amazing feeling of awe that
one has in experiencing a part of God's creation any less
important?

The tangible and the intangible are two sides of the

same coin. They always work together. Here we come to
still a greater realization. The Part of Fortune is not really
intangible. There are very definite routes towards what one

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is seeking as his joy in life. A person generally knows what
makes him happy. This knowing is tangible. It is
something he can experience, feel, taste, and touch. It fills
him from inside and enables him to radiate it to everyone
he meets.

Through these analogies, it becomes easy to see that

aspects to the Part of Fortune have a very definite effect
on the ways in which one can reach his own particular
"Joy". These aspects also relate to the obstacles which
have to be overcome to realize this joy. I have carefully
chosen the word "obstacle" in order to make still another
point. There is truly nothing negative in any horoscope.
There are things that take time to understand. Until we
reach understanding of these things, they seem to block
our path and keep us from what we desire. These are
obstacles. But obstacles are merely stepping stones which
make our personal "Joy" that much greater when it is
attained because of all the strength we have built into
ourselves during the process of striving. Things that take
years to attain, usually with two steps forward and one
step backward, are so much more meaningful; things that
come too easily tend to lose value in our eyes. Thus, harsh
or easy aspects to the Part of Fortune must be viewed in
the correct perspective: seeing each for exactly what it is
worth. For things that come easily, we must be humble.
For things that come with difficulty, we must be grateful.
And herein, above all other joys for which the Part of
Fortune stands, is how one achieves the true, lasting
quality of joyousness.

SQUARES TO THE PART OF FORTUNE

If planets are in square aspect to the Part of

Fortune, one is tempted to believe that they will deprive an
individual of his joy. This is the furthest thing from the
truth. They actually create the tension which leads a

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person in the direction of action. According to Freud,
action is what takes a person out of the dream state. The
more one does, acts, participates, works, strives, etc., the
closer one can bring oneself towards making dreams a
reality.

To dream or fantasize about what will bring one joy

is not to achieve it. To admit to oneself that the
achievement of one's greatest desires will be the product

concerted effort is the first step towards their realization.

The more malefic the planets are that form squares

to the Part of Fortune, the more deeply the individual
carves out his well of adversity to make that much more
room for his joy to enter. One must always keep in mind
that all one is doing is not there so that complaints may be
made about the labours involved but rather to clearly and
firmly define the path and the ways and means which will
help realize the most positive results from the Part of
Fortune.

Benefic planets forming square aspects to the Part

of Fortune may bring an individual to the fulfillment of his
desires earlier in life, or through easier methods. Here the
person has to remember that joy is something that is much
more difficult to sustain than it is to attain! An individual
may desire to be a singer, and through benefic squares to a
Tenth House Part of Fortune may put in the effort to
eventually make a hit record. But among the millions of
singers that make a hit record, what percentage actually
has a second hit, or a third? The fact is, less than one
percent are able to succeed at success! Looking at this
from another area in the horoscope, an individual may
have an Eleventh House Part of Fortune with Benefic
Squares to it. These Squares help give the energy to
actively seek friendships. But, because these friends come
rather easily due to the benefic energy channeled in that
direction, they may not be kept very long because there is

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no realization of the full value of what has been
accomplished.

In essence then, Squares to the Part of Fortune

create dynamic energy which the individual can use in
order to reach his greatest joy. Whether the joy comes
easily or with difficulty, takes a relatively short period of
time, or a lifetime, there is nothing greater than to become
part of "Joy" itself. The lesson of these Squares is that
reward is well worth the effort!

TRINES TO THE PART OF FORTUNE

Planets forming Trine aspects to the Part of

Fortune bring outside circumstances into the individual's
life which lead him to his happiness. With these aspects it
becomes very important that he does not actively chase
after his Part of Fortune, for it will elude him at every turn
if he does. On the other hand, by merely learning how to
flow with the circumstances, people and events that come
in and out of his life, he will automatically reach his Part
of Fortune without consciously trying to do so.

Trines always bring outside experiences, but not

always as easy as one would think. Malefic Planets in trine
aspect to the Part of Fortune put the individual through
some rather difficult circumstances at the hands of others.
Still, these are exactly the circumstances through which he
ultimately realizes his desires. When an individual has
Squares to the Part of Fortune, his path seems more direct
because it is coming from within. But when his horoscope
shows trines to this Point, he seems to go in many different
directions—in essence sliding in and out of the realities of
everyone he meets. These realities somehow stand for what
his Part of Fortune means to him. He is the individual who
"walks a crooked mile," but nevertheless still gets where he
is going. And the interesting thing is that he often gets
there in spite of himself!

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When the Trines to the Part of Fortune are coming.

from Benefic Planets, it is extremely easy for the
individual to realize his dreams. Over and over again, he
seems to be very lucky in the one area that his Part of
Fortune symbolizes. The lesson here of course is not to
push his luck too far, but rather to appreciate it as a part
of Divine fortune that for some unknown reason he is
worthy of receiving.

OPPOSITIONS TO THE PART OF FORTUNE

Planets which form oppositions to the Part of

Fortune are at the same time forming conjunctions with
the Part of Impersonal Consciousness. Thus, what they.
appear to take away from an individual in one area,

they

give to him in another. These Planets function best

when a

person does not try to use them for personal benefit It is
not so much that one need necessarily be a giver rather
than a taker, or even to see it on this spectrum. Instead, it is
more important that these Planetary energies be used
without relating to owning or possessing the functions they
represent or the products they create. An air of
detachment helps them function best and does not in any
way detract from a person experiencing his promised "Joy"
in his Part of Fortune.

These Planets symbolize the ways in which the

individual participates in the world through an impersonal
consciousness. Thus, they show him the ways in which he is
very much the same as everybody else, rather than
pointing out the uniqueness that one tends to want to find
in oneself as one's ego identity structure. Although these
Planets are not to function on a personal level, through
them the individual can see the ways in which he is very
much a part of the flow of life experiences that are
common to everybody. And, on his personal level this

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gives him a sense of belonging that he might otherwise not
realize.

CONJUNCTIONS TO THE PART OF FORTUNE

Planets forming conjunctions to the Part of

Fortune help the individual reach his greatest "Joy" if he
learns how to use them and allow them to operate in
positive ways. They direct his energies along his path
towards happiness so that he cannot help but find it. In
essence, they add focusing ability so that he does not stray
from where he is headed.

These planets are at the same time forming

oppositions to the Part of Impersonal Consciousness.
Thus, they keep the person from becoming too
impersonal. This would act as a distraction from his
personal reality. In addition, the nature of any planet
forming a conjunction to the Part of Fortune helps to
more clearly define exactly what it is that will bring a
person happiness. Even malefic planets can bring one
happiness. Many people experience a great deal of "Joy"
in fighting! Take away the reasons for them to fight or
struggle and they become deeply unhappy. Many people
get a great deal of happiness by making life appear to be
difficult. Try to make life easier for them and they will
become unhappy! Thus, a state of "Joy" does not
necessarily have to be the imagined sense of bliss that one
might envision. All it does have to be is the ability to fulfill
what any one person defines as what it is that truly makes
him happy!

NO ASPECTS TO THE PART OF FORTUNE

It is quite common to find no aspects to the Part of

Fortune. In these cases, it is interesting to study the planet

Chapter Six

THE PART OF FORTUNE AND KARMA

The Part of Fortune represents the ways in which

an individual can reach his greatest joy and contentment.
Obviously, then, it has much to do with how well an
individual meets and overcomes his negative karma while
at the same time creates and accepts the rewards of positive
karma.

Regardless of past life experiences, more karma is

created and lived through in the current life than one might
realize. If an individual lives a lifestyle for which he
constantly feels guilty then he tends to focus his entire
chart through Saturn. In such a case, a guilt-ridden
unconscious can actually prevent more positive areas in the
chart from manifesting themselves.

If an individual tends to avoid responsibilities, then

responsibilities begin to pile up on his head. Here too, the
burden of Saturn grows heavy enough to make the
individual lose perspective. Seeing himself constantly
trying to catch up with all he tries to avoid, he misses the
point of how his chart can actually flow together and bring
him the happiness he is seeking.

If an individual knows he has problems to settle in

relation to his parents, and yet for fear of hurting them
avoids the confrontations that will lead to his becoming his
own person, then he feels the weight of Saturn in the form

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of secret worries which mar and cloud his outlook on life.

If an individual feels responsible for the situation of

his parents or ancestors, he is, again, Saturn's prisoner. If
he feels that he, himself, is not the parent he should be, the
result is much the same.

There are many students of Astrology and the

Esoteric Sciences who are under the false belief that God
has assigned to them some very special, unique, mission to
perform which will play a major role in the evolution of
humanity. This type of attitude also invites the labors of
Saturn to hang like a heavy cloud over the rest of the
individual's chart.

It is interesting to note how most beginning

students of astrology, when seeing and understanding their
horoscopes for the first time, have the desire to erase
Saturn from the chart. By the same token, those who have
studied astrology for several years, can put too much
emphasis on Saturn's calling. Both attitudes are extremes,
a n d , a s s u c h , b o t h p r e v e n t t h e i n d i v i d u a l f r o m
experiencing the smooth flow of his total personality. Too
little or too much focus on Saturn causes such disharmony
in the individual's center of being that he actually inhibits
himself from finding out who he is and how he can
function.

One of Saturn's more unknown and mystical

qualities is the need to understand the formation of
everything. The individual seeks wisdom to such a great
extent that he tends to burden himself with excess
knowledge in the process. Wisdom cannot be sought. It
comes through the experiencing of life. It cannot come
from books, nor from listening to the words of others. It is
the product of all an individual knows, based on all he has
personally been through. Wisdom must also be put into

practice,

or else it turns to stone.

The proper use of Saturn is to give it no more nor

less weight than any other part of the horoscope. Yes, man

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does have responsibilities—based upon the needs he has
created for himself. There is a great difference between
dwelling on the cares, burdens, and obligations that can so
easily blind one to all else there is to experience, and
actually meeting one's responsibilites in the simplest way
possible—accepting them as just one fragment of life's
totality, and moving on, so to speak, to bigger and better
things.

Saturn can easily be a planet of stagnation, keeping

an individual at the same level of consciousness for an
entire lifetime. Through all those years, the Sun, the
Moon, the Ascendant, and the resultant Part of Fortune
are forced to play "second fiddle" to archaic and
outmoded ways of thinking and living.

There are those in life who "seek to be", and there

are those who seek to "understand how to be". The
former experiences life to the fullest, tasting the changes of
the seasons and participating in new experiences that give
life a sense of movement and progress. The latter tend to
be observers or manipulators of life, afraid to dip their
toes in the waters of emotion, and their minds in the air of
reason, truth and wisdom.

There are basically only two kinds of people in the

world. There are those who know, and those who do not
know. Those who do not know live under the illusion that
they have complete control—not only over their own lives,
but over the lives of everyone around them. They are never
concerned with being in harmony with nature. They may
enjoy and appreciate the natural beauty in the world
around them, but they see all of this as having no relation
to the plan of their life. These people spend much of their
lives complaining when rainy weather prevents a picnic,
when too much sunshine makes them uncomfortable or in
fact when any forces outside of themselves prevent the
expression of their own personal will. On the other hand,
there are those people who know. They know that man's

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life is not separate from nature, but a part of it. They
rejoice in the rain, for it makes everything green while
bringing a clean freshness to the atmosphere. They rejoice
in the sunshine, for in its brilliance the great display of
nature's beauty is more visible. They never look at things,
people, or circumstances as obstacles towards the
expression of their own will, but rather live their life as a
common sharing of nature's supply and support.

Those who do not know are so out of tune with

themselves, that little in their personal life ever takes shape
in ways that would bring them happiness. They are forever
competing with an illusion of the ego, which leads them,
like a carrot placed in front of a donkey, from one
experience to another. Those who know are never
burdened by responsibilities; never inhibited by fears;
never browbeaten with inexplicable worries which
ultimately take care of themselves anyway.

If one seeks to find out what one's specific karma

is, then that time may in fact be wasted, for in the
duration, without questioning the meaning of this or that,
the individual would have been living out his karma
anyway. The point is that the Part of Fortune, not being a
specific planet but a blend of three factors in the
horoscope, works best when one tries to live his

life

naturally as possible. In order to do this well, the
complaining and holding onto past patterns of behavior,
which are so characteristic of the negative use of Saturn,
must be overcome. As paradoxical as it may seem, the
individual must transcend his personal self in order to find
his personal self.

The world has so much to offer, that mankind's

most serious problem is that it never truly knows what to
choose. When man ultimately does make choices, he is
never fully sure if the choice he has made has shut him off
from other experiences which might bring him more
pleasure. The fear of limitation of one's lifestyle is another

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characteristic of a negative response to Saturn. Those who
know, however, never look at it this way.

One of the positive things a person can do to bring

himself into harmony with what is best for his lifestyle is to
limit experiences, circumstances, and individuals which
tend to stagnate growth, scatter his energies, and create a
multitude of diversions. These tend to pull one from his
anchor to reality. This serves to create order, harmony,
and to enrich life in general. The world is too big for one to
have all of it, and it is impossible to taste the experiences of
others. In each horoscope, the Part of Fortune appears
only in one House and one Sign. This indicates the specific
area in which, if one is able to focus his positive energies,
he will be able to reap the rewards which will bring him his
own unique sense of joy.

Looking at too much dazzles one's senses. By

constantly looking at his burdens man loses his optimistic
outlook on life. If he allows himself to flow with the ways
in which the natural forces are focusing him, he soon
discovers his own unique stream of consciousness. Like the
true mountain stream flowing down into the valley, if he
stays within the confines of the shorelines which define
him, he will flow with the natural current. This current will
ultimately carry him to his ocean of joy.

Chapter Seven

THE PART OF FORTUNE AND

FAMOUS HOROSCOPES

BOB DYLAN

In the horoscope of Bob Dylan, singer, musician,

poet, mystic and a legend in his own time, we find the Part
of Fortune in Taurus in the Twelfth House. The Part of
Impersonal Consciousness is in Scorpio in the Sixth

House. This Twelfth House Part of Fortune shows a great

yearning to seek inner things; to find and understand those
intangible feelings which

affect

man's

outer life

much.

In this case, the Part of Fortune is forming almost an exact
conjunction with Uranus, which brings

enlightenment,

awareness, and change into one's consciousness.

A great many professional musicians have at least

one planet in the sign Taurus. In addition to the four
planets Dylan has here, his Part of Fortune in this sign
shows that music is one of the ways in which he can reach
his greatest joy. The fact that it is in the Twelfth House
shows that he is happiest, not when performing in front of
huge audiences (for the sign Taurus itself is basically shy),
but when he is enjoying the solitude and seclusion which
the Twelfth House offers. This allows him to spend much
time away from the demands of a fast-moving world which
often appears to be going in circles.

From the vantage point of the Twelfth House, an

individual is able to see all of the

suffering of mankind,

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and to ask himself—for what reason? The falseness of
man's attempts to be more than he is, and the realization
that he is less than he thinks he is becomes apparent from
the Twelfth House point of view. "How many roads must a
man walk down, before you can call him a man?" cries
Dylan in his song "Blowing in the Wind". In still another
song, he writes, "I don't want to own you ...", "I don't
want to change you ...", a strangely unique attitude
coming from such a powerful Taurus stellium. The
Neptune-ruled Twelfth House brings the earthy nature of
Taurus to a very fine attunement with a higher cosmic
reality. It is from this outlook that Dylan is able to awaken
mankind to a new level of understanding which can help
people reach a more balanced state of being.

The Twelfth House Part of Fortune brings great

happiness to the individual through finding completeness
within himself. By not seeking to be what others want one
to be, not limiting one's lifestyle by the confines of social
obligation, and by not relating personally to what others
expect, one is able to create his own image. Coming from
the Twelfth House, this image will never be a facade for
others, but rather the image of the Soul itself. At one point
in his career, Dylan spent a period of twelve years without
making personal appearances. It is through such periods
of time that the Twelfth House Part of Fortune brings
about a growth within the individual which comes from
the true source of his being. At the end of the twelve
years, Dylan wrote a book on Jewish Mysticism, which
was, undoubtedly, a reflection of all the discoveries his
Twelfth House Part of Fortune, conjunct Uranus, brought
to him: religion, roots, and spirituality.

In Dylan's music, we occasionally find expressions of

crudeness, so typical of the earthy qualities of Taurus. It is
exactly this language and style which brings modern man
down to earth, forcing the individual to see himself as

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he is. One of the finer qualities of Taurus is the absence of
pretense, which all of Dylan's writings so clearly reflect.
Here is a perfect example of how the powerful stellium in
Taurus, along with the Taurus Part of Fortune, is
overriding the double Gemini influence which normally
thrives on pretense and superficiality.

Through his Sixth House Part of Impersonal

Consciousness in Scorpio, Dylan strips away the layers of
artificiality, and through his works goes right to the core
of life. He digs away at the troubles that plague mankind,
and with a Plutonian approach, brings them to the surface
where they can be dealt with as part of the regenerative
process.

In the style in which he performs his works, makes

his public appearances, and presents himself to the world,
he does much to shake the rigidity of a stagnant society.
Through the Scorpio energy, he sings freely of sexuality,
almost insistently forcing mankind to face its primal
instincts. He has been a crusader, much like Sigmund
Freud, and Joan of Arc, both of whose Saturn positions
form almost exact conjunctions to his own natal Saturn.
But in his Scorpionic crusade' for change and
transformation, he must be careful not to identify with the
Plutonian energies he is using for mankind. These energies
are very different from the energies he himself needs for
his own happiness.

His Twelfth House Part of Fortune in Taurus

indicates that his own "pot of gold" comes from striving
to achieve inner awareness, tranquility, and harmony. The
Scorpio energy wants to do everything at once, but in
order for Dylan to be truly happy, he must relate to the
patience of Taurus in knowing how much time it will
actually take the world to understand what he has always
known. Some people hate him, seeing a lifestyle they
would like to enjoy but are too rooted in traditional,
confining ways to emulate. Some relate silently to the very

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special, secret feelings of truth he triggers in them. Most
people will never understand his mystical genius.

Dylan is free to experience the inner current of his

soul, regardless of what the world thinks of him, or of
what he may impersonally feel is his obligation to a society
for which he obviously feels deep compassion. It is his
inner experience that is the source of his ultimate
contentment and joy.

JULES VERNE

In the horoscope of Jules Verne, the author of

Twenty

Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,

we find the Part of Fortune in

Pisces in the Tenth House with the Part of Impersonal
Consciousness falling in Virgo in the Fourth House. Since
Pisces rules all matters that have to do with the sea, and this
Part of Fortune falls in his house of career, it is only natural
that the book he would be noted for would be on this
subject. Pisces also rules the creative imagination, and with
the Part of Fortune in the second decanate of the sign, or
the Cancer part of Pisces, Jules Verne imagined much
more than a submarine of the future. It was literally a
home under water. He imagined how men could swim
beneath the ocean's depths through artificial breathing
apparatus. He imagined the complete self-sufficiency of an
underwater boat in which man could live his entire life with
every need fulfilled. Interestingly enough, nearly everything
he imagined is now a reality. In the 1880's, however, Verne's
book would have been considered as not much more than a
very fine escapist fantasy, so typical of the Piscean
dream. Here we see a very excellent example of how
dreamers do in fact shape the world we live in.

The Fourth House not only rules one's home, but

one's homeland, culture and the historic circumstances
surrounding the times in which one lives. With his Virgo

Part of Impersonal Consciousness placed in the Fourth

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House, Jules Verne would have had to been able to
transcend the limited boundaries of the thinking of his day
in order to reach his personal joy in expressing his creative
imagination. The Virgo Part of Impersonal Consciousness
appears in the Capricorn decanate of the sign, indicating
how heavy were the rules, regulations, limitations, and
restrictions that surrounded his life. Through his Aquarius
Sun he would have to project himself into the future, but it
would be the Pisces Part of Fortune which would not only
lure, but also show his imagination how to do this.

Aside from career, the Tenth House also represents

the purpose, direction, and meaning that one is seeking in
life. With the Sun and Mercury in Aquarius, and the Part
of Fortune in Pisces, Jules Verne's writing genius shows an
enormous sense of foresight and vision that would have
been far beyond anything considered practical, down-to-
earth, or even within the realm of reason of his time. He
imagined how man could be uniquely independent, not by
avoiding the forces of nature, but by learning how to use
them to his benefit. His direction and purpose would have
seemed chimeric to others. The great intuitive powers
inherent in the Pisces Part of Fortune would have brought
to him a joy beyond the understanding of his peers.

In a very personal way, the Tenth House stands for

the maturing of a man's purpose. Yet here, the Pisces Part
of Fortune goes beyond personal selfishness. With its
ruler, Neptune, in the Eighth House of legacy, Verne
considered the inheritance of man, and found it to be the
bountiful resources of nature. Through the great
compassion engendered by the Eighth House Capricorn/
Neptune and the Pisces Part of Fortune, he was to pass
this legacy on as his personal gift to generations he would
never know.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

In the horoscope of William Shakespeare, we find

the Part of Fortune in Sagittarius in the Sixth House, and

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the Part of Impersonal Consciousness in Gemini in the
Twelfth House. The Jupiter-ruled Part of Fortune shows
the great wisdom that he sought and expressed in his plays.
Here in his Sixth House of work, service, and the
obligation one feels to humanity, the Part of Fortune
forming a conjunction with retrograde Uranus explains the
ironic quirks of justice about which Shakespeare was so
prone to write. The planet Jupiter, which rules the Part of
Fortune, is found in Leo. The Leo-Sagittarius combination
makes it obvious why most of his characters were larger
than life. He wrote of kings and castles, splendor and
tyranny, and his writings were prolific. His plays had a
fullness to them that only the abundance of the Sagittarius
Part of Fortune could comprehend. The more he wrote,
the more he understood life. In the thousands of years of
the recorded history of mankind, he is considered to be
one of those very rare individuals who reached a highly
evolved plane of consciousness.

He loved nature. Through the description of his

outdoor scenes one could almost feel as if one were
actually there. He spent many hours of communing with
nature, from whose rhythms and cycles he came to
understand the universal laws that govern mankind. This is
still a further expression of the Sagittarius Part of Fortune
which always pulls a person closer to nature, and nature's
ways.

Through his Part of Impersonal Consciousness in

Gemini in the Twelfth House he studied relationships, and
the ways in which people constantly deceive each other.
Here, through the conjunction to Neptune, he was aware
of the subtle unconscious forces that play on men's minds.
Eventually, he came to know that all of life was just one
big play, and this saddened him greatly. Through the dual
nature of Gemini he saw the tragi-comedy of life. His own
personal happiness would come from not identifying with
either side of the coin, seen through his Gemini Part of

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Impersonal Consciousness, but rather through reaching a
higher Jupitarian understanding of the whole picture.

Through his Sixth House Part of Fortune he was

highly conscious of man's obligations. His greatest
yearning was to acquire wisdom which could help him deal
with the dualities he saw as being part and parcel to
meeting one's obligations to others, as well as dealing with
the apparent dualistic forces that cannot be understood
with the concrete mind.

His own pot of gold did not come from the creation of

any character, but from being the overseer of all his
characters. He poured out the multitude of personalities he
felt within himself and cast them as symbolic characters in
his plays. Thus, the more he worked, the more he was able
to see himself and expand his consciousness. The more he
was able to expand his consciousness, the closer he was
able to bring himself to the light of higher truth.

SALVADOR DALI

In the horoscope of Salvador Dali the Part of

Fortune is in Gemini in the Eleventh House, with the Part
of Impersonal Consciousness in the Fifth House. Known
for his good-nature and eccentricity, Dali's greatest joy
comes from his ability to live outside of the confines of
conformity. There are usually a number of things
happening in any one of his paintings, which is typical of
the Gemini-Sagittarius axis.

The Fifth House, which governs his creativity as

well as his romantic outlook on life, is where he must deal
with his Part of Impersonal Consciousness. It is interesting
to note that Sagittarius holds rulership over the age of
chivalry, knights in shining armor, kings and castles. What
might be considered one of Dali's eccentricities is that for
many years his wife has lived in a castle and that he writes
letters to her when he wishes to see her. Thus, the love-
nature in his life takes on the distance which is

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characteristic of Sagittarius, as well as the impersonality of

two people living apart from each other.

If there is anything which Dali has been personally

attached to it might be his ability to maintain his
unorthodox character. This is typical of the Uranus-ruled
Eleventh House Part of Fortune which keeps him seeking
new ways to express the creative joy he experiences in the
unique adventure which is his life.

He is friendly, good-natured, and extremely

generous. The Gemini Part of Fortune brings him the joy
of experiencing relationships between people, things, and
the multitude of Aquarius-ruled Eleventh House ideas
which flow through his fascinating paintings. The greatest
meaning he draws from life comes from understanding all
of the little things that create interest in the present. A
lifestyle built on moments, rather than on one continuous
thread, ultimately becomes all moments at the same time.
This comes through in all of his art. Still, it would not be
art itself that would bring Dali his greatest joy. His very
personal pot of gold would come from observing and
experiencing all of the Gemini intricacies of life. This
would ultimately be expressed in his paintings, rather than
in the joy of painting itself.

His Fifth House Part of Impersonal Consciousness,

through which his creativity flows, becomes the means
which allow him the freedom to have wine and bread for
breakfast on the French Riviera—a lifestyle so typical of
the promise of joy inherent in the Eleventh House Part of
Fortune.

C O N C L U S I O N

In many ways, life presents itself as a double-edged

sword. Man nearly always judges others

their action

while he judges himself by his ideals. The Part of Fortune

is the point where man can find his ideals and strive to

meet them by cooperating with all that is his unique

promise in life. The Part of Impersonal Consciousness is

that point where man should try to be impersonal in his

observations of the actions of others. It is the very essence

of these actions which he has a tendency to judge. In effect

he is judging himself in areas where he cannot know the

ideals of others, but sees only reflections of parts of

humanity. If taken negatively they rob him of his sense of

joy.

For this reason it becomes important for each

person to understand what parts of life are impersonal,

perhaps even irrelevant to the central core of one's

direction, and what parts of life are the very intimate

essence of that core itself. The Part of Fortune and the

Part of Impersonal Consciousness help man understand

how to do this. In order to keep himself centered a man

must come to realize that he has to deal with his Karma

alone. After some effort along these lines he begins to

realize some positive results in the changing vibration that

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creates and guides his life. Most negative Karma comes as
a result of passing some form of judgment on others. Even
if such thoughts are kept to oneself they still control the
individual's vibratory rate, his aura, his personality, and
the basic effects he experiences as he tries to create his
experiences. As soon as man learns how to be impersonal,
with compassionate understanding for that which would
ordinarily rub him the wrong way, he frees himself from
all of the forces which oppose his sense of joy, happiness,
and contentment.

Naturally, this is easier said than done. It is a

process that takes many years. Even when one begins to
pride oneself in not being judgmental, then one must deal
with the fact that he has trapped himself again by inwardly
judging how grand it is of him to be non-judgmental in a
world which is judgmental. It is a very subtle trap.

Living through and overcoming the effects of

Karma is no easy process. The finding of joy is even more
difficult. It involves the elimination of personal
relationships on any level of consciousness with that which
is not joy! For this reason, most of mankind experiences
joy in a limited way and only in rare moments. In the
course of a lifetime, these moments could probably be
counted on one's fingers.

There are, however, those individuals who strive to

be sincere with themselves. From this sincerity, the entire
vibration of their horoscope begins to take on more of the
positive qualities of life than the negative ones. They
neither judge themselves nor others. They neither plan
their life nor avoid planning it. Instead they function with
whatever flow God has given them, and through a very
deep sense of gratitude they learn to see joy in all things.
While each individual's perspective will be slightly
different because of the House and Sign placement of the
Part of Fortune, it is clear that regardless of which facet
one looks at, a diamond is beautiful. Whether one's

ALLEGORY

WHAT IS FOR TUNE?

For thousands of years, man has contemplated the

question—"What is Fortune?" He has come up with
thousands of answers. Amazingly enough, with all of these
answers, very few people can actually say that they feel
fortunate. There is an ancient Chinese story that speaks of
the nature of Fortune in an extremely interesting way.

Several thousand years ago China had an extremely

cruel and egotistical dictator. He was the individual who
ordered the building of the six thousand mile wall around
the country. To understand the flavor of the times, one
must know that many people died in the building of that
wall, and their bodies were buried in it. Now during this
time, there was a very old Chinese man who had only two
possessions in the world that he loved: his only son, and
his only horse. But, as luck would have it, one day the
horse ran away. Upon hearing of this all of the elders of
the town came to console him saying, "How unfortunate it
is that your horse has run away." The old man looked at
them and replied, "How do you know it is unfortunate?"

Several days later the horse returned, followed by

six other horses. Thus, the man's wealth was greatly
increased. Upon seeing this, the elders of the town came
around again and said, "How fortunate it is that you now
have seven horses." The old man thought for a moment.

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Then he looked at them as before and replied, "How do
you know it is fortunate?"

That afternoon the old man's only son decided to

try to ride one of the wild horses. He fell and became a
cripple as a result. Now the elders gathered around again
and said, "How unfortunate it is that your son fell off the
horse and cannot walk." The old man answered them in
t h e s a m e w a y s a y i n g , " H o w d o y o u k n o w i t i s
unfortunate?" The elders became very puzzled and went
away.

The following day the Emperor's men came to this

very same town. They had orders to enlist all able-bodied
young men in the task of building by hand the horrible six
thousand mile wall. Every young man from the town was
taken, except the son of the old man. When this occurred,
the elders of the town were sure they finally understood the
wisdom of the old man. They came up to him again and
said, "How fortunate you are that your son was not taken
to build the wall." Again, the old man looked at them and
said,—"How do you know it is fortunate?"

By this time the elders were completely puzzled.

They went off by themselves and held council with each
other. Then they returned to the old man and said,
"We have spoke among ourselves, and agree that you are
the wisest man in all of China. We would consider it to be
very fortunate if you would be our town mayor." The old
man threw up his hands in dispair and said, "How do you
know it would be fortunate? I do not want the job." And
he walked away.

He may very well have been the most fortunate man

in all of China—for he knew the secret of fortune!

Thanks to Dr. Hae Sou for recounting this allegory to the author.

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APPENDIX

Traditional method for finding the Part of Fortune:

If Sun in Aquarius, 18.04; Moon in Capricorn, 26.04;
Ascendant, Gemini, 20.29, then:

Signs Degrees Minutes

Asc. 2

+Moon

11 46

-Sun 10

Part of

Fortune

or Taurus, 28.29

In this method one calculates the Ascendant as

having completed two signs, Aries and Taurus, and being
20 degrees and 29 minutes into the third sign, Gemini. The
Moon has completed nine whole signs and is 26 degrees
and 4 minutes into the tenth sign, Capricorn. The Sun has
completed movement through ten signs and is 18 degrees
and 4 minutes into the eleventh sign, Aquarius.

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